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The Black Cauldron (1985)

US:: PG UK:: U Adventure Animation Family

Taran is an assistant pigkeeper with boyish dreams of becoming a great warrior. However, he has to put the daydreaming aside when his charge, an oracular pig named Hen Wen, is kidnapped by an evil lord known as the Horned King. The villain hopes Hen will show him the way to The Black Cauldron, which has the power to create a giant army of unstoppable soldiers.

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Runtime: 80 mins Revenue: $21,288,692 Budget: $25,000,000 Rating: 6.6 Tag Line: Hidden by darkness. Guarded by witches. Discovered by a boy. Stolen by a king. Whoever owns it will rule the world. Or destroy it.

Cast

John Hurt

The Horned King (voice)

John Huston

Narrator (voice)

Freddie Jones

Dallben (voice)

Phil Fondacaro

Creeper / Henchman (voice)

Arthur Malet

King Eidilleg (voice)

Nigel Hawthorne

Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

Peter Renaday

Henchman (voice)

Grant Bardsley

Taran (voice)