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 | 3.1828 |
Directed By
Stephen Hopkins
Crew
Jerry Goldsmith
Steve Mirkovich
Paul B. Radin
Vilmos Zsigmond
Stephen Hopkins
William Goldman
Gale Anne Hurd
Robert Brown
A. Kitman Ho
Roger Bondelli
John Henry Patterson
Neal Norton
Matt Rebenkoff
Sarah Trevis
Joseph D. Urbanczyk
George Richardson
David H. Venghaus Jr.
Giles Masters
Dennis Seawright
Malcolm Stone
Javier Chinchilla
Sean Hubbert
Hilton Rosemarin
Nikki Clapp
Grant Hill
Patrick Kinney
José Luis Escolar
Tommy Staples
Michael L. Games
Grant Hill
Mary Selway
Steven Reuther
Steve Saklad
Danny Baldwin
Lars Cox
Michael Douglas
Suzanne Stokes-Munton
Paul Engelen
Simon Kaye
Carlos De Carvalho
Bruce Stambler
Ellen Mirojnick
Kevin De La Noy
Michael Dennison
Stuart Wurtzel
Mary Jo Lang
Frank A. Montaño
Thom 'Coach' Ehle
Leigh Bishop
Kenneth Hall
Rick Canelli
Meg Speirs
Carolyn Tapp
Vera Mitchell
Joe Dorn
Thomas J. O'Connell
Tom Lucas
Donald O. Mitchell
Rick Hart
Philip McDonald
Sally Boldt
Marshall Winn
Jeff Cranford
Hilda Hodges
Becky Sullivan
John Leveque
Mildred Iatrou
Shawn Sykora
Bob Beher
Mark Pappas
Lance Brown
Michael Dressel
Chris Corbould
Kimberly Lowe Voigt
John Roesch
Gordon Ecker
Stuart Robertson
Steven F. Nelson
Paul Aulicino
Donald L. Warner Jr.
Stuart Fink
Tim McGovern
Gabriel Beristain
Bob Kaiser
Dana LeBlanc Frankley
Alan Allinger
Glenn Hoskinson
Mike Miller
Rodney Armanino
Frank Connor
Marge Rowland
Kim Secrist
Josh McLaglen
Barbara Harris
Mo Henry
Steve Mann
Richard E. Yawn
Gary Mundheim
Guy Micheletti
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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