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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Directed by Stephen Hopkins
“Prey For The Hunters”
Adventure, Thriller, History · 1h 49m
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.
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
H
Henry Cele
Mahina
K
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
S
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Crew
- Director
- Stephen Hopkins
- Screenplay
- William Goldman
- Novel
- John Henry Patterson
- Director of Photography
- Vilmos Zsigmond
- Original Music Composer
- Jerry Goldsmith
- Editor
- Roger Bondelli, Robert Brown, Steve Mirkovich
- Producer
- A. Kitman Ho, Gale Anne Hurd, Paul B. Radin
Details
- Release date
- 1996-10-11
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- Genres
- Adventure, Thriller, History
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- Germany, United States of America
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film, Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH, Constellation Films
- Budget
- $50,000,000
- Box office
- $38,619,405