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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.
Can a railroad project survive when two man-eating lions turn a construction site into a hunting ground? This historical thriller pits human ingenuity against primal instinct in the thick of the African wilderness.
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Stephen Hopkins
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Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Emily Mortimer, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Om Puri, Jack Devnarain, Henry Cele
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The Ghost and the Darkness
You can watch The Ghost and the Darkness (1996) for free on Hoopla, rent on Apple TV+, or buy on Apple TV+.
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Director
Stephen Hopkins
Cast
Michael Douglas, Val Kilmer, Tom Wilkinson, John Kani, Emily Mortimer, Bernard Hill, Brian McCardie, Om Puri, Jack Devnarain, Henry Cele
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