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The Water Horse

The Water Horse

How do you keep a secret this big?

20076.51h 52m

Overview

A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

Directed by Jay Russell
Written by Robert Nelson Jacobs, Dick King-Smith
Produced by Robert Bernstein, Charlie Lyons, Barrie M. Osborne
Box OfficeBudget: $40.0MRevenue: $104.0M

Top Cast

Alex Etel

Alex Etel

Angus MacMorrow

Emily Watson

Emily Watson

Anne MacMorrow

Ben Chaplin

Ben Chaplin

Lewis Mowbray

David Morrissey

David Morrissey

Captain Thomas Hamilton

Priyanka Xi

Priyanka Xi

Kirstie MacMorrow

Craig Hall

Craig Hall

Charlie MacMorrow

Brian Cox

Brian Cox

Old Angus

Erroll Shand

Erroll Shand

Lt. Wormsley

Joel Tobeck

Joel Tobeck

Sgnt. Walker

Bruce Allpress

Bruce Allpress

Jock McGowan

Themes & Keywords

scotlandworld war iibased on children's bookgiant eggloch ness monster1940slake monster

About The Water Horse

The Water Horse is a family, adventure, fantasy film released in 2007 exploring themes of scotland, world war ii, based on children's book, giant egg, loch ness monster, 1940s. Directed by Jay Russell, it stars Alex Etel, Emily Watson, Ben Chaplin. A lonely boy discovers a mysterious egg that hatches a sea creature of Scottish legend.

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