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The Golden Child (1986) -- A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate.
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Overview

User Rating:
5.4/10   13,383 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Dennis Feldman (written by)
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Release Date:
12 December 1986 (USA) more
Tagline:
Eddie Murphy Is The Chosen One
Plot:
A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child that dark forces want to eliminate. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 nominations more
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(4 articles)
User Comments:
People should really lighten up and just ENJOY this movie. more (46 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
J.L. Reate ... The Golden Child

Eddie Murphy ... Chandler Jarrell

Charles Dance ... Sardo Numspa
Charlotte Lewis ... Kee Nang
Victor Wong ... The Old Man
Randall 'Tex' Cobb ... Til

James Hong ... Doctor Hong
Shakti Chen ... Kala (as Shakti)
Tau Logo ... Yu
Tiger Chung Lee ... Khan

Pons Maar ... Fu

Peter Kwong ... Tommy Tong
Wally Taylor ... Detective Boggs

Eric Douglas ... Yellow Dragon
Charles Levin ... TV Host
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Runtime:
94 min
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Color (Metrocolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Trivia:
John Carpenter was offered the job as director. more
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Continuity: The level of the water in the glass during the quest changes between shots. more
Quotes:
Chandler Jarrell: Hey Bird - Did you just see a little Hare-Krishna midget in the tree, floatin'?... Or is it me?
[the phone rings]
Chandler Jarrell: It must be Rod Serling.
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References "Finder of Lost Loves" (1984) more
Soundtrack:
THE BEST MAN IN THE WORLD more

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25 out of 31 people found the following comment useful.
People should really lighten up and just ENJOY this movie., 19 May 2000
Author: Bill McGuire from Sydney, Australia

Why hardly anybody seems to appreciate this film anymore is without doubt one of the greatest mysteries of our time. I'm truly perplexed. Roger Ebert seems to be the only critic to at least half-realise how truly funny, entertaining and brilliant a film THE GOLDEN CHILD really is.

Without doubt it's one of Eddie Murphy's finer films; it's impossible to not have a good time while watching this movie... his one-liners keep coming thick and fast, and if you can't find humour and fun in this movie, then surely your heart is made of stone. Visually, its cinematography is executed very well, the special effects are fantastic (except in one poorly executed shot where Charles Dance turns into a rat) and the theme tune has a strange kind of catchiness to it.

Don't be prejudiced against this movie, just because everybody else is. People are so easily swayed by popular opinion these days that true cinematic gems like THE GOLDEN CHILD are forgotten. Four stars out of four. Long live 80s movies!

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