

Mountains of the Moon
1990-02-16 · 136 min · ★ 6.6
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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Production details
- Directors
- Bob Rafelson
- Production companies
- IndieProd Company Productions, Zephyr Films, Carolco Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America, United Kingdom
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 18,000,000
- Revenue
- USD 4,011,793
Top Cast
Patrick BerginRichard Burton
Iain GlenJohn Hanning Speke
Richard E. GrantOliphant
Fiona ShawIsabel
John SavidentLord Murchison
James VilliersLord Oliphant
Adrian RawlinsEdward
Peter VaughanLord Houghton
Delroy LindoMabruki
Bernard HillDr. Livingstone
Matthew MarshWilliam
Richard CaldicotLord Russell
Christopher FulfordHerne
Garry CooperStroyan
Roshan SethBen Amir
Paul OnsongoSidi Bombay
Jimmy GardnerJarvis
Doreen MantleMrs. Speke
Anna MasseyMrs. Arundell
Peter EyreNorton ShawTitle information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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