

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.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $50M
- Box office
- $38.6M
- Language
- English
- london, england
- based on novel or book
- hunter
- africa
- lion
- animal attack
- bridge
- british army
- based on true story
- lion attack
- colonialism
- swahili
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Produced in
Germany, United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- PremiereRHollywood, California3 Oct 1996
- TheatricalR11 Oct 1996
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1517 Jan 1997
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Jan 1997
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical+1616 Jan 1997
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1431 Jan 1997
CzechiaCZ
- Theatrical12+3 Apr 1997
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical14 Feb 1997
FranceFR
- TheatricalU12 Feb 1997
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1216 Jan 1997
GreeceGR
- Theatrical1515 Dec 1996
- PhysicalDVD10 Mar 2001
Hong KongHK
- Theatrical28 Nov 1996
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1616 Jan 1997
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The Ghost and the Darkness was released on 11 October 1996.
Audience reviews
3- J7/10
John Chard
1/27/2019
Oh, you're right. The devil has come to Tsavo. Look at me, I am the devil. The Ghost and the Darkness is directed by Stephen Hopkins and written by William Goldman. It stars Val Kilmer, Michael Douglas, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie and Emily Mortimer. Music is by Jerry Goldsmith and cinematography by Vilmos Zsigmond. Tsavo, Kenya and a bridge engineer teams up with an experienced profe…
- S9/10
sykobanana
1/2/2021
I loved this movie when I got to see it when it was first released. Based on a true story (in fact the only part that was made up for is the lions' den scene), this movie breathes Africa due to the incredible cinematography of Vilmos Zsigmond. Africa is as bright and as amazing in this film as it is in person. There is no CGI, only real, trained lions and real effects. Set during the European colonialisation…
- F7/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
12/26/2023
**Overall, a good African adventure film.** Overall, I liked this film. Africa has always held a fascination for Europeans, and anyone who has lived there will certainly recognize that it leaves a mark, a kind of spell or enchantment. Anyone who is there for a while never forgets Africa, and always brings with them a little bit of this magnificent and martyred continent. The film manages to give a flavor of the wi…
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