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The Ghost and the Darkness

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Drama: Action & Adventure

25/12/2001

BBC One - The Ghost and the Darkness

Two men hunt a pair of lions that are obstructing the progress of a railway line.

Adventure drama based on the true story of the confrontation between two Europeans and two lions in Africa during the 1890s. Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer star.

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.

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