The Black Cauldron

The Black Cauldron
Movie · Kids & Family · Animation

In this Disney classic the mysterious and supernatural Black Cauldron has the awesome power to create deathless warriors, and the Horned King wants to find it and use it for his own evil ends. Young Taran, a pig keeper, is determined to stop him, with the help of a clairvoyant pig called Hen Wen.

1985 · 1h 20m
  • 56%
Starring Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan, Nigel Hawthorne
Director Richard Rich

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Cast & Crew

  • G‌B
    Grant Bardsley
    Taran
  • Susan Sheridan
    Eilonwy
  • Nigel Hawthorne
    Fflewddur
  • John Byner
    Gurgi
  • Phil Fondacaro
    Creeper
  • Freddie Jones
    Dallben
  • John Hurt
    The Horned King
  • A‌M
    Arthur Malet
    King Eidilleg
  • Wayne Allwine
    Henchman
  • John Huston
    Narrator
  • J‌A
    James Almanzar
    Henchman

About

The Black Cauldron

Kids & Family

In this Disney classic the mysterious and supernatural Black Cauldron has the awesome power to create deathless warriors, and the Horned King wants to find it and use it for his own evil ends. Young Taran, a pig keeper, is determined to stop him, with the help of a clairvoyant pig called Hen Wen.

56%

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Fresh 20
Rotten 16

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Studio
Walt Disney Pictures
Released
1985
Run Time
1 hr 20 min
Rated
PG Contains low level violence
Content Advisories
Violence
Region of Origin
United States
© Walt Disney Productions. All Rights Reserved.

Languages

Original Audio
English, English (United Kingdom)
Audio

English (United States) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩), Spanish (Latin America) (AAC)

Subtitles

English (CC), Danish , Finnish , Norwegian , Russian , Spanish (Latin America) , Spanish (Spain) , Swedish , Turkish , Ukrainian

Accessibility

Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.
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