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About
Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.
Theatrical
Jul 24, 1985
Box Office
$21.3M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
0.9x
DVD / Blu-ray
Aug 4, 1998
Theaters
2
Directors
Writers
Producers
Music
Studio
Silver Screen Partners II, Walt Disney Pictures, Walt Disney Productions
Quotes
See all →Celebrating Disney's 25th Animated Motion Picture
Taglines
Seven years in the making - In the celebrated Disney tradition comes our 25th animated motion picture.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Timeless Magic in The Black Cauldron
Taglines
Magic twelve years in the making. Magic that will live forever.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →G
Grant Bardsley
Taran (voice)
S
Susan Sheridan
Eilonwy (voice)
J
John Byner
Gurgi / Doli (voice)
N
Nigel Hawthorne
Fflewddur Fflam (voice)
J
John Hurt
The Horned King (voice)
F
Freddie Jones
Dallben (voice)
P
Phil Fondacaro
Creeper / Henchman (voice)
A
Arthur Malet
King Eidilleg (voice)
B
Brandon Call
Fairfolk (voice)
G
Gregory Levinson
Fairfolk (voice)
E
Eda Reiss Merin
Orddu (voice)
A
Adele Malis-Morey
Orwen (voice)
B
Billie Hayes
Orgoch (voice)
P
Peter Renaday
Henchman (voice)
J
James Almanzar
Henchman (voice)
J
John Huston
Narrator (voice)
P
Phil Nibbelink
Henchmen (voice)
W
Wayne Allwine
Henchmen (voice)
