The Whipping Boy

The Whipping Boy

A rat hunter that will change a prince.

G 1994 · 96 min · ★ 6.5 · Family, TV Movie

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 Macartney

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