Themes: Priceless Artifacts and Prized Objects, Colonialism, Obsessive Quests
Main Cast: Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies, Ken Gampu
Release Year: 1985
Country: US
Run Time: 101 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
The action in this routine adventure film would be modeled on the enormously successful Indiana Jones but it is too much, too fast, too deja vu. It all starts when Jessie Huston (Sharon Stone, before stardom) talks adventurer Allen Quatermain (Richard Chamberlain) into helping her find her father, an archaeologist. He has been kidnapped in Africa by a Turk (John Rhys-Davies) and a German colonel (Herbert Lom) who are determined to extract the secret location of King Solomon's mines from the stubborn man. As Jessie and Quatermain head off into the unknown, there are crocodiles, lions, and other human beasts to conquer before the father or the mines hove into view. A sequel was soon to follow. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, All Movie Guide
June Buthelezi - Gagoola; Fedelis Che A - Mapaki Chief; Bob Greer - Hamid; Mick Lesley - Dorfman; Shai Ophir - Kassam; Oliver Tengende - Bushiri; Neville Thomas - German Pilot; Vincent Van Der Byl - Shack; Andrew Whaley - German; Sam Williams - Scragga; Innocent Choga - Silent One; Anna Ditano - Dogati Girl, Camp Follower; Rocky Green - Silent One; Calvin Johns - Silent One; Brian Kagure - Silent One; Isaac Mabhikwa - Silent One; Bishop McThuzen - Dari; Isiah Murert - Rug Carrier; Stanley Norris - Silent One
Credit
Leonardo Coen Cagli - Art Director, Tony Pueo - Costume Designer, J. Lee Thompson - Director, John Shirley - Editor, Jerry Goldsmith - Composer (Music Score), Walter Cossu - Makeup, Luciano Spadoni - Production Designer, Alex Phillips, Jr. - Cinematographer, Yoram Globus - Producer, Menahem Golan - Producer, Nello Giorgetti - Set Designer, Peter Diamond - Stunts, Gene Quintano - Screenwriter, W.D. Richter - Screenwriter, James R. Silke - Screenwriter, H. Rider Haggard - Book Author
