The Boy Who Loved Trolls

{{Short description|1984 American fantasy-adventure film}}

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{{Infobox television

| image = The_Boy_Who_Loved_Trolls.jpg

| caption = VHS cover

| genre = Fantasy

| based_on = {{Based on|play|John Wheatcroft}}

| screenplay = James A. DeVinney

| director = Harvey Laidman

| starring = Matt Dill
Sam Waterston
Susan Anton

| narrated = Richard B. Shull

| theme_music_composer = Casey Filiaci
Ferdinand Jay Smith III

| country = United States

| language = English

| producer = Bob Walsh

| location = Pittsburgh

| editor = Gary Hines
Neil Travis

| runtime = 58 min.

| network = PBS

| released = {{Start date|1984|10|29}}

}}

The Boy Who Loved Trolls is a 1984 American made-for-television fantasy-adventure film produced for the PBS series WonderWorks.{{cite book|author=John Tiech|title=Pittsburgh Film History: On Set in the Steel City|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8lHoiTtU6XoC&pg=PA44|year=2012|publisher=The History Press|isbn=978-1-60949-709-5|pages=44–}}

The story was adapted by James A. DeVinney from a play by John Wheatcroft. The original play, entitled Ofoti, was telecast in 1966, on NET Playhouse, winning a National Television Award that year for best original television play.{{cite book|author=John Wheatcroft|title=Our Other Voices: Nine Poets Speaking|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ESpPatC62w4C&pg=PA197|year=1991|publisher=Bucknell University Press|isbn=978-0-8387-5196-1|pages=197–}}