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Mountains of the Moon

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

6.5/ 10

1990

2h 16m

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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Director

Bob Rafelson

Writer

William Harrison, Bob Rafelson, William Harrison

Studios

TriStar Pictures, IndieProd Company Productions, Zephyr Films, Carolco Pictures

Cast

41 credited

Patrick Bergin
Richard Burton
Iain Glen
John Hanning Speke
Richard E. Grant
Oliphant
Fiona Shaw
Isabel
John Savident

Mountains of the Moon

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