The Golden Child (1986)

Film details

Featuring

Eddie Murphy Charles Dance Charlotte Lewis
Country

USA
Year

1986
Genres

Comedy Crime Fantasy
Type

Film
Category

Fiction

Synopsis

The story of a search for a mystical child in the Himalayas. Chandler Jarrell is a social worker who specialises in finding missing children. He is asked to find The Golden Child.

Cast & Credits

Cast
- - Chandler Jarrell
    
    Eddie Murphy
  - Sardo Numspa
    
    Charles Dance
  - Kee Nang
    
    Charlotte Lewis
  - Til
    
    Randall 'Tex' Cobb
  - Doctor Hong
    
    James Hong
  - Kala
    
    Shakti
  - Yu
    
    Tau Logo
  - The Golden Child
    
    J.L. Reate
  - Khan
    
    Tiger Chung Lee
  - Fu
    
    Pons Maar
  - Tommy Tong
    
    Peter Kwong
  - Detective Boggs
    
    Wally Taylor
  - Yellow Dragon
    
    Eric Douglas
  - TV Host
    
    Charles Levin
  - Friend at Pink's
    
    Frith Jr., Kenneth "Fruitty"
  - Herb Shop Clerk
    
    Bennett Ohta
  - Old Chinese Woman
    
    Kinko Tsubouchi
  - Jabbering Old Man
    
    Govind Chipalu
  - Security Man
    
    Chantara Nop
  - Security Man
    
    Phok Ok
  - businessman/customer
    
    Bob Tzudiker
  - Russell
    
    Cliffy Magee
  - Waiter
    
    Jeff Soo Hoo
  - Chicken Lady on Plane
    
    Bindra Joshi
  - Tortoise Lady
    
    Judy Hudson
  - Buttonman
    
    Ron Packham
  - Voice of Kala
    
    Marilyn Schreffler
  - Voice of the Thing
    
    Frank Welker
  - cast member
    
    Victor Wong Chi-keung
Credits
- Unknown:
  - Director
    
    Michael Ritchie
  - Production Company
    
    Paramount Pictures Corporation
  - Production Company
    
    Eddie Murphy Productions
  - Executive Producer
    
    Richard Tienken
  - Executive Producer
    
    Charles R. Meeker
  - Producer
    
    Edward S. Feldman
  - Producer
    
    Robert D. Wachs
  - Co-producer
    
    Dennis Feldman
  - Associate producer/unit prod manager
    
    Gordon A. Webb
  - Co-ordinating executive (Nepal)
    
    Amar Simha
  - Production manager (Nepal)
    
    Shama Habibullah
  - Production co-ordinator (Nepal)
    
    Dena Vincent
  - Production office co-ordinator
    
    Barbara Spitz
  - Location Manager
    
    Ira Rosenstein
  - Location manager (Nepal)
    
    Yeti Jindal
  - Production Assistant
    
    George Mcdowell
  - Production Assistant
    
    Leslie Warren
  - Production Assistant
    
    Kenneth Frith Jr.
  - Production Assistant
    
    Fetteroff Colen
  - Production Assistant
    
    Frank Davis
  - Production Assistant
    
    Joseph Brown
  - Production Assistant
    
    Cynthia Woodbyrne
  - 2nd unit director (LA/Nepal)
    
    Peter Norman
  - Assistant Director
    
    Tom Mack
  - Assistant Director
    
    O'neill, Emmitt-Leon
  - Assistant Director
    
    W. Alexander Ellis
  - Assistant director (LA)
    
    Hans Beimler
  - Assistant director (LA)
    
    Jeff Rafner
  - Assistant director (Nepal)
    
    Ajit Kumar
  - Assistant director (Nepal)
    
    Arish Fyzee
  - Casting
    
    Patricia Mock
  - UK casting consultant
    
    Mary Selway
  - US casting consultant
    
    Melissa Skoff
  - Screenplay
    
    Dennis Feldman
  - Director of Photography
    
    Donald Thorin
  - 2nd unit photography (LA)
    
    Robert Thomas
  - Effects photography
    
    Scott Farrar
  - Effects photography
    
    Stewart Barbee
  - Optical photography
    
    James Lom
  - Optical photography
    
    James Hagedorn
  - Optical photography
    
    John Alexander
  - Go-motion photography
    
    Kim Marks
  - Go-motion photography
    
    Terry Chostner
  - Animation Photographer
    
    Rob Burton
  - Animation Photographer
    
    John Knoll
  - Camera Operator
    
    Michael Gershman
  - Camera Operator
    
    Hahn, Robert S.
  - Camera operator (LA)
    
    Robert Marta
  - Visual effects
    
    Industrial Light & Magic
  - ILM general manager
    
    Warren Franklin
  - Visual effects supervisor
    
    Ken Ralston
  - Visual effects co-ordinator
    
    Pamela Easley
  - Visual effects co-ordinator
    
    Laurie Vermont
  - Matte Photographer
    
    Wade Childress
  - Matte department supervisor
    
    Chris Evans
  - Matte Artist
    
    Michael Pangrazio
  - Matte Artist
    
    Sean Joyce
  - Matte Artist
    
    Caroleen Green
  - Special effects supervisor
    
    Clifford P. Wenger Sr
  - Special Effects
    
    Danny Gill
  - Special Effects
    
    Mark Noel
  - Special Effects
    
    Eric Roberts
  - Special Effects
    
    Gintar Repecka
  - Demon designed/sculpted
    
    Dutra, Randy
  - Demon supervisor
    
    Phil Tippett
  - Demon fabrication
    
    Tamia Marg
  - Demon fabrication
    
    Sheila Duignan
  - Demon armature
    
    Blair Clark
  - Demon armature
    
    Conrad Bonderson
  - Pyrotechnician
    
    Peter Stolz
  - Pyrotechnician
    
    Robert Finley Jr
  - Pyrotechnician
    
    Bill Pelkey
  - Model making supervisor
    
    Steve Gawley
  - Model maker
    
    William Beck
  - Model maker
    
    Michael Fulmer
  - Model maker
    
    Ira Keeler
  - Model maker
    
    Victoria Lewis
  - Model maker
    
    Claudia Mullaly
  - Model maker
    
    Wesley Seeds
  - Model maker
    
    Chuck Wiley
  - Go-motion animation supervisor
    
    Harry Walton
  - Go-motion animator
    
    Tom St. Amand
  - Animation supervisor
    
    Ellen Lichtwardt
  - Animator
    
    Armstrong, John
  - Animator
    
    Gordon Baker
  - Animator
    
    Nick Stern
  - Animator
    
    Sean Turner
  - Additional animation
    
    Available Light Inc
  - Rotoscope artist
    
    Jack Mongovan
  - Rotoscope artist
    
    Barbara Brennan
  - Rotoscope artist
    
    Joanne Hafner
  - Editor
    
    Richard A. Harris
  - Visual effects chief editor
    
    Bill Kimberlin
  - Production Designer
    
    J. Michael Riva
  - Art Director
    
    Lynda Paradise
  - Set Designer
    
    Randolph
  - Set Designer
    
    Judy Cammer
  - Set Decorator
    
    Marvin March
  - Production Illustrator
    
    John Johnson
  - Production Illustrator
    
    Tom Southwell
  - Storyboard Artist
    
    Cris Hammond
  - Art department liaison (Nepal)
    
    Kalyan Singh
  - Costume designer
    
    Wayne Finkelman
  - Costume supervisor
    
    Eddie Marks
  - Women's key costumer
    
    Shari Feldman
  - Men's key costumer
    
    Lapidus, Jim
  - Costumer
    
    Chuck Velasco
  - Costumer
    
    Antonio Martinez
  - Costumer (LA)
    
    Patricia Trbovich
  - Wardrobe (Nepal)
    
    Namita Chukherburti
  - Make-up designed/created
    
    Ken Chase
  - Key make-up artist
    
    La Porte, Steve
  - LA make-up artist
    
    John Rizzo
  - Nepal make-up artist
    
    Mushtaque Shaikh
  - Titles and opticals
    
    Boss Film Corporation
  - Opticals supervisor
    
    Ed Jones
  - Opticals line-up
    
    Tom Rosseter
  - Opticals line-up
    
    Brad Kuehn
  - Music
    
    Michel Colombier
  - Orchestrations
    
    Michel Colombier
  - Orchestrations
    
    Robbie Buchanan
  - Orchestrations
    
    Al Woodbury
  - Supervising music editor
    
    Jeff Carson
  - Music editing
    
    Segue Music
  - Music Recording
    
    Dan Wallin
  - Music Recording
    
    Frank Wolf
  - Dancing can movement adviser
    
    Michael Smuin
  - Sound Recording
    
    Jim Alexander
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Robert J. Litt
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Gregg Landaker
  - Sound Re-recording
    
    Elliot Tyson
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Ronald Jacobs
  - Supervising Sound Editor
    
    Cecelia Hall
  - Sound Editor
    
    Marshall Winn
  - Sound Editor
    
    Harris, Kimberly
  - Sound Editor
    
    Julia Evershade
  - Sound Editor
    
    Mike Dobie
  - Special sound effects created
    
    John Paul Fasal
  - Supervising ADR editor
    
    Juno J. Ellis
  - ADR Editor
    
    Jay Kamen
  - Supervising Foley editor
    
    Pamela Bentkowski
  - Foley Editor
    
    Gary Wright
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Chuck Waters
  - Stunt Co-ordinator
    
    Mickey Gilbert
  - Stunt player
    
    Elizabeth Barrington
  - Stunt player
    
    Ray Bickel
  - Stunt player
    
    Simone Boisseree
  - Stunt player
    
    Jeff Cadiente
  - Stunt player
    
    Karen Chase
  - Stunt player
    
    Phil Chong
  - Stunt player
    
    Cooper, Lane
  - Stunt player
    
    Bob K. Cummings
  - Stunt player
    
    Vincent Deadrick Sr
  - Stunt player
    
    Larry Duran
  - Stunt player
    
    Emil Farkas
  - Stunt player
    
    Joe Finnegan
  - Stunt player
    
    George Fisher
  - Stunt player
    
    Donna Garrett
  - Stunt player
    
    Troy Gilbert
  - Stunt player
    
    Len Glascow
  - Stunt player
    
    Orwin Harvey
  - Stunt player
    
    Larry Holt
  - Stunt player
    
    Jeff Imada
  - Stunt player
    
    Dave Lebell
  - Stunt player
    
    Gene Lebell
  - Stunt player
    
    Al Leong
  - Stunt player
    
    Matt McColm
  - Stunt player
    
    Pat Mcgroarty
  - Stunt player
    
    Bill Mcintosh
  - Stunt player
    
    Eric M. Miller
  - Stunt player
    
    Gary Morgan
  - Stunt player
    
    John L. Meier
  - Stunt player
    
    Dawn Nallick
  - Stunt player
    
    Alan Oliney
  - Stunt player
    
    E. Noon Orsatti
  - Stunt player
    
    Chris Oswald
  - Stunt player
    
    Lonnie Parkinson
  - Stunt player
    
    Bernie Pock
  - Stunt player
    
    Karen Price
  - Stunt player
    
    Spiro Razatos
  - Stunt player
    
    Vernon Paul Tietz
  - Stunt player
    
    Robles, Walt
  - Stunt player
    
    Tanya Russell
  - Stunt player
    
    Ryusaki, Bill M.
  - Stunt player
    
    Kimberly L. Ryusaki
  - Stunt player
    
    Bill Saito
  - Stunt player
    
    John Sherrod
  - Stunt player
    
    Felix Silla
  - Stunt player
    
    Cris Thomas-Palomino
  - Stunt player
    
    Jim Wilkey
  - Weapons consultant
    
    Dan Curry
  - Monastery technical adviser
    
    Ken Mcleod
  - Technical Adviser
    
    Tim Boxell
  - Animal Trainer
    
    Paul Calabria
  - Animal Trainer
    
    Karin Dew
  - Animal Trainer
    
    Roland Raffler
  - Animal Trainer
    
    Sled Reynolds