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The Golden Child

Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.

1986 · PG-13 · 1h 34m

Directed by Michael Ritchie

5.9

TMDB audience score
1,246 votes, out of 10

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Synopsis

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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Cast

  • 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

  • Tau Logo
    Yu

  • Masanori Toguchi
    Khan

  • Pons Maar
    Fu

  • 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)

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