The Whipping Boy
1994 · 1h 36m · Family, TV Movie · France, United Kingdom · Rated G (US)
A rat hunter that will change a prince.
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.
Directed by
Sydney MacartneyBased on the novel by
Albert Sidney Fleischman6.1Smart score
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RatingG (US)
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