The Ghost and the Darkness

Genre: Adventure

Worldwide gross$38.6M

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.

🏆 Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

Genres

Adventure, Drama, Thriller

Director

Stephen Hopkins

Cast

Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson

Released

11 October 1996

Runtime

1h 50m

Certificate

R

IMDb rating

6.8 / 10

Votes

69,411

Metascore

46

Rotten Tomatoes

51%

Box office

$38,619,405

Edition

Base