The Golden Child

Name: The Golden Child
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Released: 1986-12-12
Duration: 94 min
Rating: 5.939

★ 5,9 /10 (1,206 Votes)

1986 EN 94 min

Overview

After a Tibetan boy, the mystical Golden Child, is kidnapped by the evil Sardo Numspa, humankind's fate hangs in the balance. On the other side of the world in Los Angeles, the priestess Kee Nang seeks the Chosen One, who will save the boy from death. When Nang sees social worker Chandler Jarrell on television discussing his ability to find missing children, she solicits his expertise, despite his skepticism over being "chosen."

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Release date

12/12/1986

Votes

1,206

Popularity

6.0

Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.

Genres

Action Adventure Comedy

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

94 min

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$79,817,939

Eddie Murphy

Chandler Jarrell

Charles Dance

Sardo Numspa

Charlotte Lewis

Kee Nang

J.L. Reate

The Golden Child

Victor Wong

The Old Man

Randall 'Tex' Cobb

Til

James Hong

Doctor Hong

Shakti Chen

Kala

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Tau Logo

Masanori Toguchi

Khan

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Pons Maar

Peter Kwong

Tommy Tong

Wally Taylor

Detective Boggs

Eric Douglas

Yellow Dragon

Charles Levin

TV Host

Frank Welker

The Thing (voice)

Gene LeBell

Drunken Biker (uncredited)

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Kenneth H. Frith Jr.

Friend at Pink's (as Kenneth 'Fruitty' Frith Jr.)

Bennett Ohta

Herb Shop Clerk

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Chantara Nop

Security Man #1

Bob Tzudiker

Businessman Customer

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Cliffy Magee

Russell

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Judy Hudson

Tortoise Lady

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Ron Packham

Buttonman

Marilyn Schreffler

Kala (voice)

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Conrad Hurtt

Monk (uncredited)

Aron Kincaid

Informer (uncredited)

Ron Veto

Yak Herder (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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So, if something happens to the kid, the whole world goes to hell? Eddie Murphy plays Chandler Jarrell, a man who devotes his time to finding lost children. When the beautiful Kee Nang (Charlotte Lewis) enters his life, she tells him he is the chosen one and he must find the Golden Child. Sceptical and driven purely by lust and intrigue, Jarrell gets involved without realising he's about to embark on a fantastical journey - one that involves peril and worst of all, the demon Sardo Numspa. Is The Golden Child a product of its time? By that I mean, was Eddie Murphy and The Golden Child's …

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