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The Ghost and the Darkness

1996 · 109 min · Adventure

In 1898, an engineer building a railway bridge in Kenya and a grizzled hunter contend with two man-eating lions that stalk and slaughter the workers with uncanny cunning. A tense adventure-thriller based on true events.

Runtime
109 min
Genre
Adventure · Thriller · History
Mood
tense · thoughtful · adventurous
Entry
some context
Best for
adventure fans

Content notes: violence or threat Non-exhaustive

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