KING SOLOMON'S MINES (1985)

MORGAN'S RATING

When her father disappears while searching for Africa's fabled-diamond mines of King Solomon, ravishing Jesse Huston sets out on a rescue safari to save him. Her guide? The legendary soldier of fortune known as Quartermain. Waging a cross-country battle to reach the mines ahead of their bloodthirsty adversary, the two adventurers plunge into a wild succession of heart-stopping escapades as they tangle with everything from hungry cannibals and giant spiders to quicksand and lava pits -- and still find the time to fall in love.

Richard Chamberlain (Allan Quartermain), Sharon Stone (Jesse Huston), Herbert Lom (Colonel Bockner), John Rhys-Davies (Dogati), Ken Grampu (Umbopo), June Buthelezi (Gagoola), Sam Williams (Scragga), Shaike Ophir (Kassam), Mick Lesley (Dorfman), Vincent Van der Byl (Shack), Bob Greer (Hamid), Oliver Tengende (Bushiri), Neville Thomas (German Pilot), Bishop McThuzen (Dari), Isiah Murert (Rug Carrier), Rocky Green, Calvin Johns, Isaac Mabhikwa, Innocent Kagure, Brian Kagure, Stanley Norris (Silent Ones), Anna Ditano (Dogati Girl), Andrew Whaley (German).

THE ADVENTURE OF A LIFETIME.

FACTS

PRODUCTION INFORMATION

RELEASE DATE: November 22nd, 1985 (USA) DVD RELEASE DATE: February 3rd, 2004 (USA) BOX OFFICE OPENING: $5.0 million (USA) BOX OFFICE RESULT: $15.0 million (USA) BUDGET: $12.5 million (USA) - Nominated for two 1986 Razzie Awards for Worst Musical Score and Worst Supporting Actor (Herbert Lom). - Followed by a sequel: Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold (1987).

DIRECTOR: J. Lee Thompson (St. Ives). WRITERS: Gene Quintano and James R. Silke, and based on the best-selling classic by H. Rider Haggard. PRODUCERS: Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Rony Yacov. ORIGINAL MUSIC: Jerry Goldsmith. DISTRIBUTOR: MGM

QUOTES

Dogati: We must cross rivers, we must climb mountains. Must me listen to this, too?

CRITICAL COMMENTS

"Bad "Indiana Jones" wanna-be based on the role-model for Indiana Jones." -- Alex Sandell, Juicy Cerebellum

"A shallow and pale remake; stick with the 1950 original." -- Bob Bloom, Journal and Courier (Lafayette, In)