The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
Action
Adventure
History
Horror
Thriller
6.8 (1,066 votes)
1h 49m
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.
Details
- Director
- Stephen Hopkins
- Writer
- William Goldman
- Original Language
- English
- Budget
- $50,000,000
Cast
Bernard Hill
Brian McCardie
Emily Mortimer
Henry Cele
Jack Devnarain
John Kani
Michael Douglas
Om Puri
Tom Wilkinson
Val Kilmer
Keywords
1890s
africa
animal attack
based on novel or book
based on true story
bridge
british army
colonialism
hunter
lion
lion attack
london
england
mysticism
railroad construction
swahili
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