The Golden Child is a 1986 American dark fantasy comedy film directed by Michael Ritchie and starring Eddie Murphy as Chandler Jarrell, who is informed that he is "The Chosen One" and is destined to save "The Golden Child", the savior of all humankind.
The Golden Child (1986)
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.
Director: Michael Ritchie
Stars: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance ...
“A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child whom dark forces want to eliminate.”
The Golden Child (1986)
Directed: Michael Ritchie
Produced: Edward S. Feldman, Robert D. Wachs
Written: Dennis Feldman
Starring: Eddie Murphy, Charlotte Lewis, Charles Dance
Music: Michel Colombier, John Barry
Cinematography: Donald E. Thorin
Edited: Richard A. Harris
Distributed: Paramount Pictures
Release date: December 12, 1986
Running time: 94 minutes
Country: United States
Language: English
Soundtrack Credits
THE BEST MAN IN THE WORLD
Music by John Barry
Lyrics by Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson & Sue Ennis
Performed by Ann Wilson
BODY TALK
By Stephen Pearcy, Warren Demartini & Juan Croucier
Performed by Ratt
WISDOM OF THE AGES
Composed and Conducted by John Barry
THE CHOSEN ONE
By Michel Colombier
Performed by Robbie Buchanan
PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ
By Irving Berlin
ANOTHER DAY'S LIFE
By David Wheatley
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