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Mountains of the Moon
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.
Cast
- Patrick Bergin as Richard Burton
- Iain Glen as John Hanning Speke
- Richard E. Grant as Oliphant
- Fiona Shaw as Isabel
- John Savident as Lord Murchison
- James Villiers as Lord Oliphant
- Adrian Rawlins as Edward
- Peter Vaughan as Lord Houghton
- Delroy Lindo as Mabruki
- Bernard Hill as Dr. Livingstone
- Matthew Marsh as William
- Richard Caldicot as Lord Russell
Details
- Director
- Bob Rafelson
- Released
- February 16, 1990
- Runtime
- 2h 16m
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, History
- Studio
- IndieProd Company Productions, Zephyr Films and Carolco Pictures
- Status
- Released
- TMDB score
- 6.6 / 10 from 89 votes
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