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About
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."
Theatrical
Dec 12, 1986
Box Office
$79.8M
Budget
$25.0M
Return
3.2x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 9, 1999
Theaters
1
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Eddie Murphy Productions, Feldman/Meeker Productions, Paramount Pictures
Cast
Full credits →E
Eddie Murphy
Chandler Jarrell
C
Charles Dance
Sardo Numspa
C
Charlotte Lewis
Kee Nang
V
Victor Wong
The Old Man
R
Randall 'Tex' Cobb
Til
J
James Hong
Doctor Hong
S
Shakti Chen
Kala
T
Tau Logo
Yu
M
Masanori Toguchi
Khan
P
Pons Maar
Fu
P
Peter Kwong
Tommy Tong
W
Wally Taylor
Detective Boggs
E
Eric Douglas
Yellow Dragon
C
Charles Levin
TV Host
F
Frank Welker
The Thing (voice)
G
Gene LeBell
Drunken Biker (uncredited)
K
Kenneth H. Frith Jr.
Friend at Pink's (as Kenneth 'Fruitty' Frith Jr.)
B
Bennett Ohta
Herb Shop Clerk
B
Bob Tzudiker
Businessman Customer
M
Marilyn Schreffler
Kala (voice)
