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 | 15.43 |
Directed By
Robert Zemeckis
Crew
Diane Thomas
Frank Morriss
Robert Zemeckis
Donn Cambern
Dean Cundey
Michael Douglas
Treva Silverman
Sandy McLeod
Jeannie Epper
Tracy Keehn-Dashnaw
Eurlyne Epper
Alan Silvestri
Terry Leonard
Richard Hart
Vince Deadrick Jr.
Gerardo Albarrán
Dean Jeffries
Terry Leonard
Marilyn Vance
Mark Walthour
Larry Carow
Claudia Becker
William J. Meshover
Karen Rea
Agustín Ituarte
Kevin Stitt
Robert C. Thomas
Jack Brodsky
Gilda Texter
Jorge Azcárate
E. Thomas Case
Joel Douglas
Joel Douglas
Charles L. Campbell
Lawrence G. Paull
Javier Carreño
Billy Myatt
William B. Kaplan
Earl Sampson
Louis L. Edemann
Ronald Woodward
David Pettijohn
Kathryn Blondell
Samuel C. Crutcher
John D. Schofield
Enrique Estévez
Mike Dobie
Chuck Neely
Roger Sword
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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