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Mountains of the Moon
6.5
Released February 16, 1990Runtime 2h 16min

Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.

The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.

Genres
  • Adventure
  • Drama
  • History
Production Companies
  • TriStar Pictures
  • IndieProd Company Productions
  • Zephyr Films
  • Carolco Pictures
Production Countries
  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom
Finances
  • Budget: $18,000,000
  • Revenue: $4,011,793
  • Profit/Loss: $-13,988,207
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Cast
posterPatrick BerginRichard Burton
posterIain GlenJohn Hanning Speke
posterRichard E. GrantOliphant
posterFiona ShawIsabel
posterJohn SavidentLord Murchison
posterJames VilliersLord Oliphant
posterAdrian RawlinsEdward
posterPeter VaughanLord Houghton
posterDelroy LindoMabruki
posterBernard HillDr. Livingstone
posterMatthew MarshWilliam
posterRichard CaldicotLord Russell
posterChristopher FulfordHerne
posterGarry CooperStroyan
posterRoshan SethBen Amir
posterPaul OnsongoSidi Bombay
posterJimmy GardnerJarvis
posterDoreen MantleMrs. Speke
posterAnna MasseyMrs. Arundell
posterPeter EyreNorton Shaw
posterLeslie PhillipsMr. Arundell
posterFrances CukaLady Houghton
posterRoger Ashton-GriffithsLord Cowley
posterCraig CrosbieSwinburne
posterLenny JumaJemadar
posterBheki Tonto NgemaNgola
posterMartin OkelloVeldu
posterPhilip VossColonel Rigby
posterRoger ReesPapworth
posterPip TorrensLt. Hesketh
posterIan VincentLt. Allen
posterEsther NjiruLema
posterAlison LimerickSorceress
posterAsiba AsibaNubian Servant
posterOmar SharifArab Chief in Cairo (uncredited)
posterRalph NossekDoctor
posterStewart HarwoodAttendant
posterGeorge MalpasLead Actor
posterRobert Whelan1st Reporter
posterBill Croasdale2nd Reporter
posterRenny Krupinski3rd Reporter
Crew
posterBob RafelsonDirector
posterNick LawsSecond Assistant Director
posterPatrick ClaytonFirst Assistant Director
posterTim LewisSecond Assistant Director
posterAngela WhartonScript Supervisor
posterBob RafelsonScreenplay
posterWilliam HarrisonScreenplay
posterWilliam HarrisonNovel
posterTerence A. CleggExecutive In Charge Of Production
posterBarbara AllenUnit Production Manager
posterJohn TrehyProduction Accountant
posterPaul ShersbyUnit Production Manager
posterNoori DehnahiPost Production Coordinator
posterEmma StyleCasting Assistant
posterPatsy de LordProduction Coordinator
posterHazel CrombieFirst Assistant Accountant
posterKevin De La NoyLocation Manager
posterStephanie ClarkProduction Secretary
posterBeverley KeoghLocal Casting
posterBeverly WinstonProduction Secretary
posterMario KassarExecutive Producer
posterDaniel MelnickProducer
posterChris CurlingAssociate Producer
posterCelestia FoxCasting
posterAndrew G. VajnaExecutive Producer
posterSimon KayeProduction Sound Mixer
posterRoger DeakinsCamera Operator
posterChris PeppeAssistant Editor
posterDavid BryantFocus Puller
posterTommy StaplesBoom Operator
posterPeter RussellAssistant Art Director
posterJohn HigginsGaffer
posterAlan SpletSupervising Sound Editor
posterMichael SilversSound Editor
posterBob GommeGenerator Operator
posterDavid ChiganzeGrip
posterAnn KroeberSound Editor
posterTaffy HainesSound Engineer
posterC.J. AppelADR Supervisor
posterNick PennClapper Loader
posterDavid HarrisSpecial Effects Supervisor
posterKevin EdlandBest Boy Electric
posterMichael R. SloanPost Production Supervisor
posterJonathan McKinstryAssistant Art Director
posterVicki HiattAssistant Editor
posterRichard BroomGrip
posterTerry MulliganElectrician
posterPaul EnglefieldFocus Puller
posterStewart MonteithElectrician
posterBen DavisClapper Loader
posterSteve LangleyElectrician
posterScott StevensonAssistant Editor
posterJohn NuttSound Editor
posterPeter HancockProperty Master
posterGwendolyn Yates WhittleAssistant Sound Editor
posterTodd BoekelheideSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterKen CrouchWardrobe Supervisor
posterJohn VerbeckSound Editor
posterMarjorie L. HagarAssistant Sound Editor
posterAlf JointStunt Coordinator
posterSally HarrisonAssistant Makeup Artist
posterDiana PellegriniSound Editor
posterChristine BeveridgeMakeup Supervisor
posterDavid ParkerSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterRay BarrettConstruction Manager
posterChristopher DedrickOrchestrator
posterMark BergerSound Re-Recording Mixer
posterKaren EdwardsHairdresser
posterRobert MartyAssistant Sound Editor
posterCurtis RoushMusic Editor
posterLuis ColinaSound Editor
posterFrank E. EulnerAssistant Sound Editor
posterFrank ConnorStill Photographer
posterJeffrey KroeberAssistant Sound Editor
posterPhilip McDonaldProperty Master
posterTina FallaniAssistant Sound Editor
posterJoan HillsAssistant Makeup Artist
posterAllan WilsonConductor
posterTed AmbroseDraughtsman
posterGwendolyn MargetsonDraughtsman
posterLisa JohnsonWardrobe Master
posterSimon MurrayWardrobe Assistant
posterMirella RicciardiStill Photographer
posterJim MorahanDraughtsman
posterRobert RaringColor Timer
posterEleanor FazanChoreographer
posterRoger DeakinsDirector of Photography
posterNikki WilliamsClapper Loader
posterNorman ReynoldsProduction Design
posterMaurice FowlerArt Direction
posterThom NobleEditor
posterFred HoleArt Direction
posterMichael SmallOriginal Music Composer
posterAjit PatnaikArt Direction
posterHarry CordwellSet Decoration
posterJohn BrightCostume Design
posterJenny BeavanCostume Design
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