The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

10/11/1996 (DE) • 1h 49m

Adventure, Thriller, History

Prey For The Hunters

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Michael Douglas

Charles Remington

Val Kilmer

Col. John Henry Patterson

Tom Wilkinson

Sir Robert Beaumont

John Kani

Samuel

Emily Mortimer

Helena Patterson

Bernard Hill

Dr. David Hawthorne

Brian McCardie

Angus Starling

Om Puri

Abdullah

Jack Devnarain

Nervous Sikh Orderly


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$50,000,000.00

Revenue

$38,619,405.00

Keywords

london, england

based on novel or book

hunter

africa

lion

animal attack

bridge

british army

based on true story

lion attack

colonialism

swahili

aggressive

mysticism

railroad construction

1890s

bold

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