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.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $50,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $38,619,405.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 18.714 |
Directed By
Stephen Hopkins
Crew
Robert Brown
Jerry Goldsmith
Vilmos Zsigmond
Steve Mirkovich
A. Kitman Ho
Stephen Hopkins
William Goldman
Paul B. Radin
Gale Anne Hurd
Roger Bondelli
John Henry Patterson
Patrick Kinney
Steven Reuther
Steve Saklad
Tommy Staples
Lars Cox
José Luis Escolar
Simon Kaye
Nikki Clapp
Grant Hill
Matt Rebenkoff
George Richardson
Grant Hill
David H. Venghaus Jr.
Giles Masters
Michael Douglas
Suzanne Stokes-Munton
Mary Selway
Sarah Trevis
Hilton Rosemarin
Michael L. Games
Malcolm Stone
Danny Baldwin
Javier Chinchilla
Paul Engelen
Sean Hubbert
Carlos De Carvalho
Dennis Seawright
Neal Norton
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
Bruce Stambler
Stuart Wurtzel
Kevin De La Noy
Michael Dennison
Frank A. Montaño
Mary Jo Lang
Leigh Bishop
Ellen Mirojnick
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
John Roesch
Philip McDonald
Sally Boldt
Rick Hart
Joe Dorn
Marshall Winn
Meg Speirs
Shawn Sykora
Becky Sullivan
Carolyn Tapp
Mark Pappas
Tom Lucas
Vera Mitchell
Donald O. Mitchell
Thomas J. O'Connell
Kenneth Hall
Rick Canelli
Mildred Iatrou
Paul Aulicino
Gabriel Beristain
Mike Miller
Kimberly Lowe Voigt
Jeff Cranford
Dana LeBlanc Frankley
Alan Allinger
Glenn Hoskinson
Rodney Armanino
Stuart Fink
Michael Dressel
Hilda Hodges
Bob Beher
John Leveque
Steve Mann
Guy Micheletti
Josh McLaglen
Richard E. Yawn
Frank Connor
Barbara Harris
Mo Henry
Gary Mundheim
Marge Rowland
Stuart Robertson
Donald L. Warner Jr.
Gordon Ecker
Lance Brown
Tim McGovern
Chris Corbould
Steven F. Nelson
Bob Kaiser
Kim Secrist
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
Henry Cele
Mahina
Kurt Egelhof
Indian Victim
Satchu Annamalai
Worker
Teddy Reddy
Worker
Raheem Khan
Worker
Jack Devnarain
Nervous Sikh Orderly
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
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