The Black Cauldron

Overview

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.

Movie details

Release date

1985

Runtime

1h 20m

Genres

Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Status

Released

Original language

EN

Country

United States of America

Director

Ted Berman

Production

Silver Screen Partners II, Walt Disney Pictures

Budget

$25,000,000

Revenue

$21,300,000

Cast

G

Grant Bardsley

Taran (voice)

Susan Sheridan

Eilonwy (voice)

John Byner

Gurgi / Doli (voice)

Nigel Hawthorne

Fflewddur Fflam (voice)

John Hurt

The Horned King (voice)

Freddie Jones

Dallben (voice)