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The Ghost and the Darkness

The Ghost and the Darkness

6.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

1,129

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1996

Release Year

109 min

Runtime

Adventure
Thriller
History

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.

Keywords

london, england
based on novel or book
hunter
africa
lion
animal attack
bridge
british army
based on true story
lion attack
colonialism
swahili
aggressive
mysticism
railroad construction
1890s
bold

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Reviews(3)

7.7avg rating
John Chard

John Chard

January 27, 2019

7
7/10

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

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sykobanana

sykobanana

January 2, 2021

9
9/10

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

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Filipe Manuel Neto

Filipe Manuel Neto

@FilipeManuelNeto

December 26, 2023

7
7/10

**Overall, a good African adventure film.** Overall, I liked this film. Africa has always held a fascination for Europeans, and anyone who has lived there will certainly recognize that it leaves a mark, a kind of spell or enchantment. Anyone who is there for a while never forgets Africa, and alwa

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