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The Whipping Boy

A rat hunter that will change a prince.
1994 | 96m | English

(447 votes)

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Popularity: 2 (history)

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A bored little prince makes a poor rat hunter his whipping boy but after his pranks at the royal court almost causes a war with the neighbor king he runs away with the whipping boy to escape from his first spanking. After being in the real world his life will change making him a prince fit to rule.
Release Date: Jul 31, 1994
Director: Sydney Macartney
Writer: Albert Sidney Fleischman
Genres: Family, TV Movie
Keywords based on novel or book, prince, orphan, royal court, medieval, whipping, whipping boy
Production Companies Gemini Productions, Jones Entertainment Group
Box Office Revenue: $0
Budget: $0
Updates Updated: Aug 09, 2025
Entered: Apr 20, 2024
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Name Character
Truan Munro Jemmy
Nic Knight Prince Horace
Karen Salt Annyrose
Andrew Bicknell King
Christoph M. Ohrt Ambassador
Angus Wright Cavalry Officer
Mathilda May Betsy
Kevin Conway Hold-Your-Nose-Billy
Vincent Schiavelli Cutwater
George C. Scott Blind George
Michael Kausch Peckwit
Nicholas Amer Lord Chancellor
Georg Tryphon Painter
Tony Bluto Song Seller
Frank Middlemass Mr. Walrus
Andrea Mason Molly
Michael Sweeney Nips
Anthony Arndt Royal Officer
William Ilkley Prison Guard
Jean Anderson Queen Mum
Nigel Betts Walter
Daniel Newman Smudger
Jane Hazlegrove Mrs. Chestney
Name Job
Andreas Grosch Line Producer
Sydney Macartney Director
Albert Sidney Fleischman Teleplay, Novel
Jean-Claude Marchant Line Producer
Sean Barton Editor
John Blezard Production Design
Simon Wakefield Set Decoration
Birger Laube Makeup Artist
Andreas Bodenstein Unit Production Manager
Clive Tickner Director of Photography
Allan Foenander Casting
Norbert Scherer Production Design
Tiny Nicholls Costume Design
Linda Mooney Makeup Department Head
Frank Döhmann Executive In Charge Of Production
Carol Rubin Executive In Charge Of Production
Eliane Huss Property Master
Heike Jödicke Assistant Art Director
Rudolph Reinstadler Scenic Artist
Andreas Well Carpenter
Andrea Bella Sound Editor
Joo Fürst Foley
Mel Kutbay Foley
Bernhard Maisch Foley
Bettina McCall ADR & Dubbing
Raymond Meyer Boom Operator
Max Rammler-Rogall Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Lothar Segeler Sound Effects Editor
Wolfgang Wirtz Sound Mixer
Thomas Brügge Electrician
Claus Dörner Grip
Jeremy Hiles Camera Operator
Klaus Liebertz Steadicam Operator
Bernd Niggeschulze Electrician
Markus Später Grip
Andreas Theiner Electrician
Klaus Peter Venn Gaffer
Astrid Wirth Still Photographer
Sylvie Brocheré Casting
Hans-Gabriel Bergmann Color Timer
Andreas Lemke Assistant Editor
Ira Hearshen Orchestrator
Isabelle Gautier Transportation Coordinator
Anne-Marie Billon Production Accountant
Margot Luneau Location Manager
Pascal Maillard Location Manager
Ursula Schlieper Production Accountant
Dorothee Specht Production Coordinator
Marty Eli Schwartz Line Producer, Stunts
Lee Holdridge Music
Hansjörg Weissbrich Assistant Editor
Horst Scheel Casting
Name Title
Philip D. Fehrle Executive Producer
Gerhard Schmidt Producer
Georges Campana Co-Producer
Ellen Freyer Producer
Glenn R. Jones Executive Producer
Organization Category Person
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