The Ghost and the Darkness
1996 · ★ 6.8 · Dir. Stephen Hopkins
Prey For The Hunters
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.
- Released
- 1996-10-11
- Runtime
- 109 min
- Rated
- R
- Language
- EN
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $38.6M
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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
Henry Cele
Mahina
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Teddy Reddy
Worker
Keywords
AfricaLionBased on a true storyAnimal attackLondon, englandBridgeKenyaLion attackColonialismSwahiliBased on true story
