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The Ghost and the Darkness

A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.

Director

Stephen Hopkins

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, thriller

Box Office

$38,619,405

Production

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

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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Charles Remington

Michael Douglas

Col. John Henry Patterson

Robert Beaumont

Samuel

Dr. David Hawthorne

Angus Starling

Helena Patterson

Abdullah

Mahina

Indian Victim

Worker #1

Satchu Annamalai

Worker #2

Worker #3 (as Rakeem Khan)

Nervous Sikh Orderly

Orderly #1

Orderly #2

Photographer

Stockton

Beaumont's Valet

Kaycey Padayachee

Beaumont's Clerk

Patterson's Son

Patrick Gifford

Patterson's Son

Station Master

George Middlekoop

Lion

Soldier

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Samuel Mahina Angus Starling Helena Patterson Charles Remington Col. John Henry Patterson Abdullah

My only pleasure is tormenting those people who work for me - The Ghost and the Darkness

My only pleasure is tormenting those people who work for me

This is the most famous and true African adventure - The Ghost and the Darkness

This is the most famous and true African adventure

What better job in all the world than build a bridge - The Ghost and the Darkness

What better job in all the world than build a bridge

Yes but their suffering is only transitory - The Ghost and the Darkness

Yes but their suffering is only transitory

David Hawthorne - The Ghost and the Darkness

David Hawthorne

You build bridges - The Ghost and the Darkness

You build bridges

I also have killed a lion - The Ghost and the Darkness

I also have killed a lion

You know how God invented liquor so the Irish wouldn't rule the world - The Ghost and the Darkness

You know how God invented liquor so the Irish wouldn't...

I will sort this out - The Ghost and the Darkness

I will sort this out

We all worked together - The Ghost and the Darkness

We all worked together

I don't like any of mine - The Ghost and the Darkness

I don't like any of mine

The men called them the Ghost and the Darkness - The Ghost and the Darkness

The men called them the Ghost and the Darkness

There were 2 of them - The Ghost and the Darkness

There were 2 of them

But I will kill the lions and I will build the bridge - The Ghost and the Darkness

But I will kill the lions and I will build the bridge

I care about my knighthood - The Ghost and the Darkness

I care about my knighthood

Of course he kept moving - The Ghost and the Darkness

Of course he kept moving

The devil has come to Tsavo - The Ghost and the Darkness

The devil has come to Tsavo

I am a man of peace - The Ghost and the Darkness

I am a man of peace

Well l'm a very considerate man - The Ghost and the Darkness

Well l'm a very considerate man

You don't enjoy killing - The Ghost and the Darkness

You don't enjoy killing

I wouldn't have thought bravery would be a problem for you - The Ghost and the Darkness

I wouldn't have thought bravery would be a problem for...

Whew - The Ghost and the Darkness

You've just been hit - The Ghost and the Darkness

You've just been hit

Have you ever failed - The Ghost and the Darkness

Have you ever failed

Lions don't do this - The Ghost and the Darkness

Lions don't do this

I've made you with this assignment - The Ghost and the Darkness

I've made you with this assignment

My life was shaped because someone invented gunpowder - The Ghost and the Darkness

My life was shaped because someone invented gunpowder

Where do you think you're going - The Ghost and the Darkness

Where do you think you're going

Patterson the lion killer - The Ghost and the Darkness

Patterson the lion killer

Patterson did hold his son high - The Ghost and the Darkness

Patterson did hold his son high

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A bridge engineer and an experienced old hunter begin a hunt for two lions after they start attacking local construction workers.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Stephen Hopkins

Writer: William Goldman

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

Genre: adventure, drama, thriller

Year: 1996

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.8

BoxOffice: $38,619,405

Released: 11 Oct 1996

Awards: Won 1 Oscar. 1 win & 5 nominations total

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