Continuity mistake: When Professor Ratigan first climbs in his hot air balloon, it is a bright pink. Later, when Basil is chasing him through the sky in his home-made balloon, Ratigan's hot air balloon is a very dark burgundy.
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
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Directed by: John Musker, Ron Clements, Burny Mattinson, David Michener
Starring: Vincent Price, Barrie Ingham, Val Bettin, Susanne Pollatschek
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Trivia: Ratigan falling from Big Ben seems to have been inspired by Professor Moriarty's death plunge over the Reichenbach Falls in the Sherlock Holmes story "The Final Problem. "
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