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The Storyteller: The Luck Child

198824mMovieFantasyFamilyAdventure

Seeking to avert a prophecy which foretells of a seventh son someday supplanting the current king, the unscrupulous monarch seeks out this luck child and attempts to do away with him. But those blessed with luck cannot be undone.

DirectorJon Amiel
WriterAnthony Minghella
ProducersJim Henson·Duncan Kenworthy

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Cast · Directed by Jon Amiel

JHJohn Hurt
John Hurt
The Storyteller
SMSteven Mackintosh
Steven Mackintosh
Lucky
PJPhilip Jackson
Philip Jackson
King
AOAnthony O'Donnell
Anthony O'Donnell
Little Man
PBPaul Brooke
Paul Brooke
Chancellor
RERobert Eddison
Robert Eddison
Ferryman
PMPauline Moran
Pauline Moran
Queen
CBCathryn Bradshaw
Cathryn Bradshaw
Princess
TK
Timothy Knightley
Miller
DPDiana Payan
Diana Payan
Miller's Wife
CF
Colin Farrell
Lucky's Father
MKMerelina Kendall
Merelina Kendall
Lucky's Mother

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The Storyteller: The Luck Child hasn't started streaming in United Kingdom yet. Based on the typical 6–8 week theatrical-to-streaming window, we estimate it will arrive around July 17, 1988. This is a prediction, not a confirmed date.