The Ghost and the Darkness
Prey For The Hunters
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.
- Director
- Stephen Hopkins
- Signature
- Drama · Tension · Craft
- Worldwide
- $39M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
15 billed performers
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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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Box Office & Release
The Ghost and the Darkness returned 0.8× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $50M
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $39M
- Release date
- Oct 11, 1996
- Runtime
- 1h 49m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
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