# The Golden Child (1986)

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**Runtime**: 94 min
**Genres**: Action, Adventure, Comedy
**Directed by**: Michael Ritchie
**Written by**: Dennis Feldman
**Starring**: Eddie Murphy, Charles Dance, Charlotte Lewis, J.L. Reate, Victor Wong, Randall 'Tex' Cobb

> *Eddie Murphy is the chosen one.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Apparently someone has to save the world. A social worker is recruited to find a kidnapped Tibetan boy. It mostly succeeds at being silly.

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