The Ghost and the Darkness (1996)

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Prey For The Hunters

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.

• Released: 1996-10-11
• Genres: Adventure, Thriller, History
• Runtime: 1h 49m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 6.9/10 from 1,223 votes

Directed by Stephen Hopkins.

Top cast

• Michael Douglas as Charles Remington
• Val Kilmer as Col. John Henry Patterson
• Tom Wilkinson as Sir Robert Beaumont
• John Kani as Samuel
• Emily Mortimer as Helena Patterson
• Bernard Hill as Dr. David Hawthorne
• Brian McCardie as Angus Starling
• Om Puri as Abdullah
• Jack Devnarain as Nervous Sikh Orderly
• Henry Cele as Mahina

Full cast & crew

Where to watch The Ghost and the Darkness

• United States: stream on Paramount Plus Essential; watch free on Hoopla, Tubi TV; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: watch free on YouTube Free; rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube, Fetch TV

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