The Ghost and the Darkness

Theatrical - Wide 1996-10-11

Cast Michael Douglas Val Kilmer Tom Wilkinson John Kani Emily Mortimer
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
Written by William Goldman

Box Office Gross: $38,619,405

Running Time: 109 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film, Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH, Constellation Films

Genres: Adventure History Thriller

JoBlo's Rating

6/10

Synopsis

Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project’s foreman, seemingly killed by... See more a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

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