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The Ghost and the Darkness 1996

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The Ghost and the Darkness
Cast
Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Bernard Hill, John Kani, Tom Wilkinson, Brian McCardie, Henry Cele, Om Puri, Emily Mortimer, Kurt Egelhoff
Director
Stephen Hopkins, Josh McLaglen
Producer
Michael Douglas, Steven Reuther, Gale Hurd, Paul Radin, A Ho
Writer
William Goldman
Duration
01:45:00
Release
Friday October 11 1996
Genre
Drama

Synopsis

In 1836, two extraordinary lions went on a man-eating rampage that claimed over 130 lives. Nothing like this had happened before and it hasn't happened since. These two seemingly invincible beasts brought Britain's plans for an East African railway to a dead halt and literally stopped the greatest colonial empire on earth from one of its grandest engineering feats, absolutely cold. A bridge-building engineer, John Patterson, aided by an acclaimed wild game hunter, Remington, set out to find and kill these demons that the African's called shaitaini or Devils of the Night. These two unbelievably cunning lions, The Ghost and The Darkness, set their sights on the two men who were hunting them. Despite rivalry and animosity, the two men must trust each other with their lives to vanquish the two fearless man-eaters and prevent their frightened basecamp at Tsavo fromfulfilling its Swahili namesake--A Place of Slaughter.


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