The Ghost and the Darkness

Movie

1996

1h 49m

English

Adventure, Action, Thriller

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The Ghost and the Darkness

Movie

1996

1h 49m

English

Adventure, Action, Thriller

Rent From $2.49

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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Cast

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Michael Douglas

Charles Remington

Val Kilmer

Col. John Henry Patterson

Sir Robert Beaumont

Samuel

Helena Patterson

Dr. David Hawthorne

Angus Starling

Abdullah

Mahina

Indian Victim

Worker

Worker

Worker

Nervous Sikh Orderly

Orderly

Orderly #2

Photographer

Stockton

Beaumont's Valet

Beaumont's Clerk

Patterson's Son

Patterson's Son

Station Master

Directed By: Stephen Hopkins

Written By: William Goldman (Screenplay), John Henry Patterson (Novel)

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FinFan says...

5 years ago

Strangely, no comments yet. This is one of the, in my opinion, best adventure movies. It is based on real events and, like usual with this kind, takes some artistic liberties. Doesn't take away from the acting and photography which proves, once again, that real locations beat CGI 10 out of 10 when it comes to aging. Of course you can see that the lions are not real but they are made very well and they are a scary adversary. And, to be honest, I found myself a bit on the lions side as they were just defending their habitat against men.

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jekyl6669 says...

9 months ago

It's decent as a suspenseful adventure, but for the most part it dragged too much in spots and got hung up on silly superstition. Some of the effects don't hold up as well these days either.

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barbarar1128 says...

3 years ago

This is an amazing movie. I come back to it often.

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John Chard

5 years ago

Oh, you're right. The devil has come to Tsavo. Look at me, I am the devil.

The Ghost and the Darkness is directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman. It stars Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie and Emily Mortimer. Music is by Jerry G More

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sykobanana

3 years ago

I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released.
Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing in this film as i More

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