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The Ghost and the Darkness

Name: The Ghost and the Darkness
Director: Stephen Hopkins
Genre: Adventure, Thriller, History
Released: 1996-10-11
Cast: Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Emily Mortimer

AdventureThrillerHistory

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

Michael DouglasVal KilmerTom WilkinsonJohn KaniEmily MortimerBernard HillBrian McCardieOm PuriJack DevnarainHenry CeleKurt EgelhofSatchu Annamalai

Director

Stephen Hopkins

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