The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)
A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.
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Charles Remington -
Col. John Henry Patterson -
Robert Beaumont -
Samuel -
Dr. David Hawthorne -
Angus Starling -
Helena Patterson -
Abdullah -
Mahina -
Indian Victim
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Worker #1
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Worker #2
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Nervous Sikh Orderly
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Orderly #1
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Director:
Stephen HopkinsWriter:
William GoldmanAll Cast & Crew
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During the man-eater scourge at Tsavo, one young engineer was killed when a lion leapt through a screen window and into the railway carriage in which he had been sleeping. The lion dragged the body away and it was found the next morning. This ... ...
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Samuel:
This is the most famous and true African adventure.
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In reality, Patterson killed both lions himself. The great white hunter Remington is complete fiction, and no one like that was ever present in Tsavo during the time the events took place.
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The beginning of the end credits is shown with a photograph of the real bridge as background.
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Genres
Adventure | Drama | ThrillerDetails
Release Date:
11 October 1996Language
English, Hindi
Country of Origin
Germany, USABox Office
Budget:
$55,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$9,215,063 (USA) (13 October 1996)
Gross:
$38,619,405 (USA)
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