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The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

Film · 1996 · 109 min · R · Adventure · Thriller · History

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.

Directed by Stephen Hopkins

Starring Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Emily Mortimer, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Om Puri

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In cinemas11 October 1996
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First release anywhere11 October 1996

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