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Film · Drama, Adventure, History

Mountains of the Moon (1990)

★ 6.6 · 89 votes2 h 16 minDrama, History1990

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.

Director
Bob Rafelson
Writers
William Harrison, Bob Rafelson
Country
United States, United Kingdom
Language
English
Release date
February 16, 1990

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 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 Shaw
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