

King Solomon's Mines
An action packed adventure, full of laughs and heroics.
Ever in search of adventure, explorer Allan Quatermain agrees to join the beautiful Jesse Huston on a mission to locate her archaeologist father, who has been abducted for his knowledge of the legendary mines of King Solomon. As the kidnappers, led by sinister German military officer Bockner, journey into the wilds of Africa, Allan and Jesse track the party and must contend with fierce natives and dangerous creatures, among other perils.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $12.5M
- Box office
- $15.1M
- Language
- English
- treasure
- based on novel or book
- africa
- riddle
- giant spider
- treasure hunt
- disappearance
- quicksand
- archaeologist
- archeology
- allan quatermain
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United States of America
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG-1322 Nov 1985
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalPG17 Jan 1986
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1422 Nov 1985
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1616 Jan 1986
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1220 Mar 1986
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1225 Jul 1986
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King Solomon's Mines was released on 22 November 1985.
Audience reviews
3- W7/10
Wuchak
6/1/2020
_**No-holds-barred send-up of Indiana Jones with Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone**_ In the early 1900s a beautiful blonde, Jesse Huston (Sharon Stone), hires white hunter/adventurer Allan Quartermain (Richard Chamberlain) to find her father who went missing during his expedition to find the fabled King Solomon’s Mines in southeast Africa. Herbert Lom and John Rhys-Davies are on hand as heavies. Many moo…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
1/27/2025
H. Rider Haggard's "She" and "King Solomon's Mines" novels have proved the inspiration for loads of action adventures over the years, but I doubt even he would appreciate this derivative effort. In a style that's more akin to "Carry on Quatermain", we meet "Jesse" (Sharon Stone) who is trying to track down her lost long father. He set off into the jungles of ancient Sheba trying to find the legendary mines full of je…
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JPRetana
7/1/2026
King Solomon’s Mines (1985) is a fictional action-adventure film. For the duration of its 100-minute runtime, I could accept the reality of its titular premise — if only it made internal sense. The first obvious question is, why would an Israelite monarch’s mines be in Africa? The question had come up long before the movie was released. According to the Bible, King Solomon imported his gold from Ophir, a land that…
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