The Great Hunter Detective

The Great Hunter Detective
Directed by	Art Stevens
Co-Directed by	Don Bluth
Executive Producer(s)	Caroline Biggerstaff
Co-Producer(s)	Ollie Johnston
Screenplay by	Ellen Green
Story by	Richard Rich
Written by	Don Bluth
Based on	The Great Mouse Detective
Produced by	Richard Rich
Voices of	Jack Albertson Tony Jay John Fiedler Michelle Stacy James MacDonald Dom DeLuise Frank Welker
Music by	Buddy Baker
Production company(s)	Hemdale Film Corporation
Distributed by	TriStar Pictures
Release date(s)	July 15, 1987
Running time	105 mins.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$56,000
Box office	$455,250

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The Great Hunter Detective is a traditionally animated adventure film that was produced by Hemdale Film Corporation and distributed by Tri-Star Pictures on July 15, 1987. It was directed by Art Stevens and produced by Richard Rich, who both previously worked on The Fox and the Hound (1981)

Cast and characters

• Jack Albertson as Amos, the main character, a detective and a hunter who helps Kayla after her dad is kidnapped. Similar to The Red Hoodie Guy Character and the Blue Character, Albertson's lines were recorded before he sadly passed away on November 25, 1981.
• Tony Jay as Tyson, Amos's rival.
• John Fiedler as Cody, Amos's eventual friend who first finds Kayla crying after her dad is kidnapped and assists Amos in capturing Tyson.
• Michelle Stacy as Kayla, a little girl who's dad gets kidnapped at the start of the movie.
• James MacDonald as Carsen, Tyson's bumbling bat right-hand henchman. He can't fly as a result of a crippled-wing and a peg leg.
• Dom DeLuise as Kayla's father, who was kidnapped by Carsen at the start of the film to make a robot out of the queen of England for Tyson.
• Frank Welker as Stepney, Amos's loyal St. Bernard. Technically, he belongs to Sherlock Holmes (the person who lives under Amos).
• Welker also voices Rita, Tyson's large and pompous pet cat who eats anyone who pisses off Tyson. She gets chased by Stepney, only to get mauled by the dogs during the climax.
• Jeanette Nolan as Mrs. Tweed, Amos's housekeeper. She adores Amos, but gets very annoyed when he mistreats her good pillows by shooting them with a pistol.
• Carole Shelley as Queen Elizabeth, the queen of England who Tyson tries to dispose of.
• Tress MacNeille as Callie, a woman who appears in "Let Me Be Good to You."

Home media

The film was released to VHS by Hemdale Home Video on July 6, 1991 and re-released on January 27, 1996 by Columbia TriStar Home Video. It was then released to DVD on July 7, 2000 by Columbia TriStar Home Video (which had became Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment at this point).

Trivia

• While all the Hemdale films that were distributed by TriStar have TriStar's logo removed, the TriStar logo is intact on all home media releases of the film.