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King Solomon's Mines Details

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A 1980s adaptation of the classic adventure novel, and the third Hollywood version, following the success of INDIANA JONES. Richard Chamberlain stars as Allan Quartermain, one of two adventurers who vie for an enormous treasure in the heart of a dangerous African country. Read more

Starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys Davies
Director J. Lee Thompson
Genres Drama

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King Solomon's Mines

A 1980s adaptation of the classic adventure novel, and the third Hollywood version, following the success of INDIANA JONES. Richard Chamberlain stars as Allan Quartermain, one of two adventurers who vie for an enormous treasure in the heart of a dangerous African country.

Starring Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys Davies
Director J. Lee Thompson
Studio MGM ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 36 mins
Certificate DVD Certificate PG.gif
Genres Drama
Language English
Released DVD: 02 Feb 2004
Production year: 1985
Format DVD
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  • 2 stars out of 5

    Richard Chamberlain and Sharon Stone head off into the crocodile- and snake-infested jungle in search of buried treasure and something of the flair of Steven Spielberg's Raiders of the Lost Ark. Any similarity between their adventures and H Rider Haggard's source novel is probably accidental, but there's a quaint, old-fashioned charm to the enterprise that makes us overlook its faults. This was Sharon Stone's first starring role, and it's obvious she was going to go places. A sequel, Allan Quatermain and the Lost City of Gold, followed in 1987.

    • Radio Times
  • Haggard's magnificently cynical Allan Quartermain gives way to Richard Chamberlain's bland incompetent, a man with the... read more on Time Out

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Indiana Jones snogs Sharon Stone

    Fast-moving, explosive adventure story with a slight connection to the Henry Rider Haggard classic of the same name. There are some enjoyable and memorable sequences, such as our heroine's fall from a carpet into a vegetable cart, the fight on the train, the battle in the air, the lion studying human courtship, Sharon losing most of her shorts in the soup and the essential giant spider. Herbert Lom plays an enjoyable villain, Richard Chamberlain is an acceptable Allan Quatermain, and Sharon Stone a convincing and lively heroine. Of course everything ends with a bang. No classic, but good mid-week viewing.

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    • A 1980s adaptation of the classic adventure novel, and the third Hollywood version, following the success of INDIANA JONES. Richard Chamberlain stars as Allan Quartermain, one of two adventurers who ...