A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child who dark forces want to eliminate.
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Dennis Feldman
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Title: The Golden Child (1986)
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Cast
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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 | |
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Shakti Chen | ... | Kala (as Shakti) |
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Tau Logo | ... | Yu |
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Tiger Chung Lee | ... | Khan |
| Pons Maar | ... | Fu | |
| Peter Kwong | ... | Tommy Tong | |
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Wally Taylor | ... | Detective Boggs |
| Eric Douglas | ... | Yellow Dragon | |
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Charles Levin | ... | TV Host |
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Eddie Murphy plays a detective with a speciality of finding lost children. He is told he is the 'Chosen one' who will find and protect the Golden Child, a Bhuddist mystic who was kidnapped by an evil sorcerer. Murphy disbelieves the mysticism but finds more and more evidence of demon worship as he investigates. Written by John Vogel <jlvogel@comcast.net>
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
12 December 1986 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Auf der Suche nach dem goldenen Kind See more »Edit
Box Office
Budget:
$25,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$12,000,000, 14 December 1986Gross USA:
$79,817,937Company Credits
Production Co:
Paramount Pictures,Eddie Murphy Productions,Industrial Light & Magic (ILM) See more »
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Chandler Jarrell: How do you manage something like that?
Kee Nang: One of her ancestors was raped by a dragon.
Chandler Jarrell: Does that happen a lot where you come from?
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The brightly colored bird in the film is an Eastern Rosella, native to southeastern Australia and Tasmania. See more »Goofs
(at around 1h 16 mins) When Chandler and Kee Nang are ambushed at home after bringing the dagger back to America, Kee Nang twice utilizes a series of backward handsprings (once for evasion, and once for the protection of Chandler.) The first time, a white leotard is visible beneath her blue nightshirt; the second time, a pair of white bikini briefs are seen. See more »Quotes
Kee Nang: She's over 300 years old.Chandler Jarrell: How do you manage something like that?
Kee Nang: One of her ancestors was raped by a dragon.
Chandler Jarrell: Does that happen a lot where you come from?
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I would lie if I said that this movie is good, it isn't. The plot is down the drain and so unlogical that it makes my head ache, but the movie does have some qualities. The actors are OK and the footage can't be complained at either and I must add that thanks to Eddie Murphy the movie is watchable and even funny.
I don't know how he does it but his zany jokes keeps hitting the right comedy-button - every time.
So the conclusion is that, in the end I must recommend you all to see it - if not for a brilliant movie but for Murphy's jokes.