The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
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.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $38,619,405.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 5.1567 |
Directed By
Stephen Hopkins
Crew
Stephen Hopkins
William Goldman
A. Kitman Ho
Gale Anne Hurd
Paul B. Radin
Jerry Goldsmith
Vilmos Zsigmond
Roger Bondelli
Robert Brown
Steve Mirkovich
John Henry Patterson
Steven Reuther
Michael Douglas
Grant Hill
Mary Selway
Sarah Trevis
Grant Hill
José Luis Escolar
David H. Venghaus Jr.
Patrick Kinney
Matt Rebenkoff
Michael L. Games
Giles Masters
Malcolm Stone
George Richardson
Steve Saklad
Hilton Rosemarin
Simon Kaye
Tommy Staples
Nikki Clapp
Javier Chinchilla
Danny Baldwin
Paul Engelen
Suzanne Stokes-Munton
Sean Hubbert
Dennis Seawright
Lars Cox
Neal Norton
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Carlos De Carvalho
Bruce Stambler
Stuart Wurtzel
Ellen Mirojnick
Kevin De La Noy
Michael Dennison
Leigh Bishop
Philip McDonald
Tom Lucas
Meg Speirs
Vera Mitchell
Kenneth Hall
Sally Boldt
Donald O. Mitchell
Rick Hart
Frank A. Montaño
Thomas J. O'Connell
Rick Canelli
Mary Jo Lang
Carolyn Tapp
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
John Roesch
Hilda Hodges
Shawn Sykora
Bob Beher
Mark Pappas
Joe Dorn
Michael Dressel
Becky Sullivan
John Leveque
Kimberly Lowe Voigt
Marshall Winn
Mildred Iatrou
Jeff Cranford
Paul Aulicino
Dana LeBlanc Frankley
Lance Brown
Glenn Hoskinson
Steve Mann
Steven F. Nelson
Kim Secrist
Donald L. Warner Jr.
Richard E. Yawn
Gary Mundheim
Gordon Ecker
Marge Rowland
Guy Micheletti
Mike Miller
Chris Corbould
Rodney Armanino
Alan Allinger
Stuart Fink
Frank Connor
Barbara Harris
Josh McLaglen
Gabriel Beristain
Stuart Robertson
Tim McGovern
Mo Henry
Bob Kaiser
Jamie Christopher
Ryan Berg
Dan Grace
TOP 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
Henry Cele
Mahina
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Teddy Reddy
Worker
Raheem Khan
Worker
Glen Gabela
Orderly
Richard Nwamba
Orderly #2
Nick Lorentz
Photographer
Alex Ferns
Stockton
Kaycey Padayachee
Beaumont's Valet
Giles Masters
Beaumont's Clerk
Justin Gifford
Patterson's Son
Patrick Gifford
Patterson's Son
George Middlekoop
Station Master
Caesar the Lion
Lion (uncredited)
Bongo the Lion
Lion (uncredited)
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