The Ghost and the Darkness

~Prey For The Hunters

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.

Genres

General Information

Release Date: 1996-10-11
Budget: $50000000
Revenue: $38619405
Runtime: 109 min

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