Romancing the Stone (1984)
Overview
Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $10,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $86,572,238.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 23.586 |
Directed By
Robert Zemeckis
Crew
Robert Zemeckis
Donn Cambern
Michael Douglas
Dean Cundey
Frank Morriss
Diane Thomas
Treva Silverman
Sandy McLeod
Jeannie Epper
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Eurlyne Epper
Alan Silvestri
Richard Hart
Terry Leonard
Dean Jeffries
Terry Leonard
Gerardo Albarrán
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Marilyn Vance
Lawrence G. Paull
Jack Brodsky
Javier Carreño
John D. Schofield
Joel Douglas
Joel Douglas
Robert C. Thomas
William J. Meshover
Agustín Ituarte
Ronald Woodward
Karen Rea
Kathryn Blondell
Mark Walthour
William B. Kaplan
Billy Myatt
Earl Sampson
Claudia Becker
Enrique Estévez
Gilda Texter
E. Thomas Case
Jorge Azcárate
Kevin Stitt
Louis L. Edemann
Roger Sword
Charles L. Campbell
David Pettijohn
Mike Dobie
Larry Carow
Samuel C. Crutcher
Chuck Neely
TOP CAST
Michael Douglas
Jack T. Colton
Kathleen Turner
Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito
Ralph
Zack Norman
Ira
Alfonso Arau
Juan
Manuel Ojeda
Zolo
Holland Taylor
Gloria
Mary Ellen Trainor
Elaine
Eve Smith
Mrs. Irwin
Joe Nesnow
Super
José Chávez
Santos
Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'
Hefty Woman
Camillo García
Bus Driver
Rodrigo Puebla
Bad Hombre
Paco Morayta
Hotel Clerk
Jorge Zamora
Maitre'D
Kymberly Herrin
Angelina
William H. Burton Jr.
Jessie
Ted White
Grogan
Manuel E. Santiago
Vendor
Ron Silver
Vendor
Michael Cassidy
Zolo's Men
Vince Deadrick Sr.
Zolo's Men
Richard Drown
Zolo's Men
Joe Finnegan
Zolo's Men
Jimmy Medearis
Zolo's Men
Jeff Ramsey
Zolo's Men
Pablo Guisa Koestinger
Child in Plaza
Lorna Lable
Vendor
Jos Laniado
Juan Alvarez (uncredited)
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