Movie
Mountains of the Moon
1990R2h 16m6.5 / 10
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.
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Synopsis
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.
More about Mountains of the Moon
Cast
Patrick BerginRichard Burton
Iain GlenJohn Hanning Speke
Richard E. GrantOliphant
Fiona ShawIsabel
John SavidentLord Murchison
James VilliersLord Oliphant
Adrian RawlinsEdward
Peter VaughanLord HoughtonCredits
- Directed by
- Bob Rafelson
- Written by
- Bob Rafelson, William Harrison, William Harrison
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $18M
- Box office
- $4M
Production
- IndieProd Company ProductionsUnited States
- Zephyr FilmsUnited Kingdom
Carolco PicturesUnited States
Themes
19th centuryafricabased on novel or bookbritish empireexpeditionexplorationgay themelake victoria
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