Detective Rat is is a 1996 animated short film produced by Beauty and the Beast Animation Studios and released on October 18, 1996 by Michael Shires Pictures.
Synopsis
Remy Rat takes on the role of "Johnny Eyeball, Private Eye" as he takes on the case of the missing "Al."
Plot
Remy Rat is hired to solve a mystery of a missing "Al." He searches the city for clues, but constantly runs into a city sheriff (who is portrayed by Ralph Tube) who tells him to let the police handle it. A car chase occurs and the drivers ram into a haystack. It turns out that Al is actually the city sheriff who is supposed to get married to the woman who hires Remy Rat to find him.
Voice Cast:
- Stephen Fry as Johnny Eyeball
- Jason Alexander as Al Muldoon (uncredited)
- Lena Headey as The Dame (uncredited)
- Wallace Shawn as Crayon Man (uncredited)
- Frank Welker as Mortician (uncredited)
- Paul Kandel as Narrator (uncredited)
Production
- The animation is produced by Beauty and the Beast Animation Studios, Reynolds Webb Studios and Assistant Animation by Crest Animation Productions.
Home video releases
VHS
- Shiresland Peter Pan
DVD
- Shiresland Peter Pan
- Remy Rat DVD Collection - Running Amok!
- Remy Rat Treasures - The Chronic Rat - Volume 7
- Remy's 789th Birthday - Disc 2
- Short Films
- Short films
- Shorts
- Remy Rat shorts
- Remy Rat cartoons
- Remy Rat
- 1996
- 1996 films
- Films directed by James Mangold
- Films produced by James Phillipson
- Films written by Chris Bailey
- Films written by Ron Tippe
- Films written by Tim Hauser
- Films featuring Jason Alexander
- Films featuring Lena Heady
- Films featuring Lena Headey
- Films featuring Wallace Shawn
- Films featuring Frank Welker
- Films featuring Paul Kandel
- Film scores by Harry Gregson-Williams
- Shires Animation Studios
- Shires
- Shires films
- Michael Shires Pictures
- Films distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
- Warner Bros
- Warner Bros films
- English-language films
- Rated G
- G rated movies
- G-rated films
- G films
- G
- Films
- Movies
- Traditionally hand drawn films
- Traditional animated films
- Traditional animation
- Screenplays by Eric Johnston
- Screenplays by Don Taito
- Screenplays by Ben Cox
- Films written by Dick Kennedy
- Films written by Virgil Geopper
- Films written by James Rogers
- Films featuring Stephen Fry
- Films edited by John Carnochan
- BBFC U-rated films
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