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The Ghost and the Darkness

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The Ghost and the Darkness
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R,1hr 49min
Genre:
Action
Release:
1996
Director:
Stephen Hopkins
Distributor:
Paramount
Starring:
Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson  ...more
Synopsis: A man bringing modern transportation to the ancient jungles of Africa discovers one of man's oldest enemies lays in wait for him in this period adventure drama. John Beaumont (Tom Wilkinson) is the owner of a British railroad firm who is building a rail line through Uganda. A bridge is needed so that the tracks may cross a large river, and engineer John Henry Patterson (Val Kilmer) is summoned to the African nation to supervise construction. While Beaumont has placed Patterson under a strict deadline, ... Full Synopsis
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Karl Williams, AMG Review
This action film from writer William Goldman and director Stephen Hopkins grafts a true story onto the structure and character types of Jaws (1976) to create a derivative but admittedly spellbinding and effectively spooky film. The central bogeymen are a pair of lions instead of a shark, the locals are railroad laborers instead of vacationers, and the setting is Africa instead of an island beach community, ... Full Review
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Michael Douglas
Charles Remington
Val Kilmer
Col. John Henry Patterson
Tom Wilkinson
John Beaumont
John Kani
Samuel
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