--- title: 'The Golden Child (1986)' type: 'film' director: 'Michael Ritchie' released: '1986-01-01' runtime_minutes: 88 genres: - 'Comedy' - 'Fantasy' - 'Action' - 'Adventure' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-golden-child-1986' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091129/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Golden Child (1986) 1986 · 88 min · Comedy, Fantasy, Action, Adventure · United States ## Synopsis The Golden Child is a 1986 American dark fantasy action comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie. The film stars Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, a Los Angeles social worker who is informed that he is "The Chosen One", and is destined to save "The Golden Child", a kidnapped Tibetan boy with mystical powers who is said to be the savior of all humankind. Alongside Murphy, the film's cast includes Charlotte Lewis and Charles Dance. ## Credits - **Director:** [Michael Ritchie](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ritchie) - **Screenplay:** [Dennis Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-feldman) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michel Colombier](https://cinepixo.com/people/michel-colombier) - **Producer:** [Edward S. Feldman](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-s-feldman) - **Director of Photography:** [Donald E. Thorin](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-e-thorin) - **Editor:** [Richard A. Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-a-harris) ## Cast - [Pons Maar](https://cinepixo.com/people/pons-maar) - [Randall Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/randall-cobb-2) - [Randall Cobb](https://cinepixo.com/people/randall-cobb) - [Eric Douglas](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-douglas) - [James Hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-hong) - [Charlotte Lewis](https://cinepixo.com/people/charlotte-lewis) as Kee Nang - [Victor Wong](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-wong) - [Peter Kwong](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-kwong) - [Charles Dance](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-dance) - [Eddie Murphy](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-murphy) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-golden-child-1986 Film facts: Wikidata (Q759447); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.