{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = | image_size = | caption = | director = Rudy Larriva | producer = Jerry Eisenberg | executive_producer = Joe Ruby and Ken Spears | writer = Mark Evanier | voices = Marlene Aragon<br>Laurie Main<br>Frank Welker<br>Albert Eisenmann | music = Dean Elliott | company = Ruby-Spears Productions | network = ABC | released = {{Start date|1979|11|17}} | runtime = 23 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}
'''''The Incredible Detectives''''' is a 1979 animated television special produced by Ruby-Spears Productions and based on the 1972 children's book by Don and Joan Caufield.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=2009 |publisher=Checkmark Books |location=New York |isbn=978-0-8160-6600-1 |edition=3rd |page=322}}</ref> It originally aired on ''ABC Weekend Special'' series on November 17, 1979.<ref name=Woolery>{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 |date=1989 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-2198-2 |accessdate=27 March 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/animatedtvspecia0000wool/page/206/mode/2up |pages=206–207}}</ref>
==Synopsis== A trio of pets – Madame Cheng, a slightly vain Siamese cat; Hennessy, a gabby black crow; and Reggie, a sophisticated English bulldog – decide to join forces as "The Incredible Detectives". One day, Davey Morrison – the three pets' master and the son of a government scientist – is kidnapped by a group of underground adversaries. His parents receive a ransom note demanding secret missile plans in exchange for Davey. In desperation, the Morrison family hires Detective Sharpe, a bumbling police detective who quickly gets nowhere with the case. Overhearing the conversation between the Morrisons and the Detective of how Davey disappeared and what the kidnappers want, the family pets swing into action and set out on their own to investigate.
==Voices== * Marlene Aragon – Madame Cheng * Laurie Main – Reggie * Frank Welker – Hennessy * Albert Eisenmann – Davey Morrison
==Home media== ''The Incredible Detectives'' was released on VHS by Worldvision Home Video in 1985.<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/50000622 ''The Incredible Detectives''] at WorldCat</ref>
==See also== * List of Ruby-Spears productions * ABC Weekend Special
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{IMDb title|0305671}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Incredible Detectives}} Category:1979 television specials Category:1970s American television specials Category:ABC Weekend Special Category:1970s animated television specials Category:American children's animated films Category:Animated films about cats Category:Ruby-Spears television specials Category:American Broadcasting Company television specials Category:Animated films based on children's books Category:Detective fiction Category:Films scored by Dean Elliott Category:Animated films about dogs Category:Animated films about corvids