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The Ghost and the Darkness

Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WestLatest broadcast: on BBC One Scotland

Adventure drama about the confrontation between two Europeans and a pair of lions that are obstructing the progress of a railway line in East Africa during the 1890s. When the labourers become so frightened by recurring lion attacks at their campsite that they are reluctant to continue to work, an engineer and a big-game hunter join forces in an attempt to outwit the predators. Show less

Contributors

Charles Remington:
Michael Douglas
Col John Henry Patterson:
Val Kilmer
Robert Beaumont:
Tom Wilkinson
Samuel:
John Kani
Dr David Hawthorne:
Bernard Hill
Helena Patterson:
Emily Mortimer
Abdullah:
Om Puri
Angus Starling:
Brian McCardie
Mahina:
Henry Cele

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