The Ghost and the Darkness

Oct 11, 1996

1h 49m

★ 6.8

Prey For The Hunters

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.

Genres

Adventure

Thriller

History

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Douglas/Reuther Productions

Bernina Film

Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH

Constellation Films

The Ghost and the Darkness Trailers

Cast

Charles Remington

Michael Douglas

Col. John Henry Patterson

Val Kilmer

Sir Robert Beaumont

Tom Wilkinson

Samuel

John Kani

Helena Patterson

Emily Mortimer

Dr. David Hawthorne

Bernard Hill

Angus Starling

Brian McCardie

Abdullah

Om Puri

Nervous Sikh Orderly

Jack Devnarain

Mahina

Henry Cele

Indian Victim

Kurt Egelhof

Worker

Satchu Annamalai

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