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The Ghost and the Darkness

1996 • 1h49m Adventure, Thriller, History

Rating

6.8/10

Popularity

4

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 a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Details

Director

Stephen Hopkins

Screenplay

William Goldman

Cast

Michael Douglas

Val Kilmer

Tom Wilkinson

Release date

10/11/1996

Status

Released

Budget

$50,000,000

Revenue

$38,619,405

Origin country

DE

US

Vote count

1099