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Prey For The Hunters - The Ghost and the Darkness
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Title: The Ghost and the Darkness

Release Date: 11 Oct 1996

Runtime: 1h 49m

Genre: Adventure, Action, Thriller, Horror, History

Director: Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film, Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH, Constellation Films

Production Companies: Paramount Pictures, Douglas/Reuther Productions, Bernina Film, Mont Blanc Entertainment GmbH, Constellation Films

Overview: 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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Ratings

Average Vote: 6.8 (1035 votes)

Cast

  • Charles Remington: Michael Douglas
  • Col. John Henry Patterson: Val Kilmer
  • Sir Robert Beaumont: Tom Wilkinson
  • Samuel: John Kani
  • Helena Patterson: Emily Mortimer
  • Dr. David Hawthorne: Bernard Hill
  • Angus Starling: Brian McCardie
  • Abdullah: Om Puri
  • Mahina: Henry Cele
  • Indian Victim: Kurt Egelhof
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