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19841h 46mPGEnglish

Romancing the Stone

She's a girl from the big city. He's a reckless soldier of fortune. For a fabulous treasure, they share an adventure no one could imagine... or survive.

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Though she can spin wild tales of passionate romance, novelist Joan Wilder has no life of her own. Then one day adventure comes her way in the form of a mysterious package. It turns out that the parcel is the ransom she'll need to free her abducted sister, so Joan flies to South America to hand it over. But she gets on the wrong bus and winds up hopelessly stranded in the jungle.

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DirectorRobert Zemeckis

Keywords

airplanesmuggling (contraband)chasekidnappingcrocodileanti herotreasure hunttreasure mapbetrayalmarijuanajungleauthordrug lordsouth americadouble crossarchaeologistnovelistjewelopposites attractarcheologysoldier of fortunecolombiaromance booksadventureromanticexcited
Budget$10M
Box Office$87M

Cast

Michael Douglas as Jack T. Colton

Michael Douglas

Jack T. Colton

Kathleen Turner as Joan Wilder

Kathleen Turner

Joan Wilder

Danny DeVito as Ralph

Danny DeVito

Ralph

Zack Norman as Ira

Zack Norman

Ira

Alfonso Arau as Juan

Alfonso Arau

Juan

Manuel Ojeda as Zolo

Manuel Ojeda

Zolo

Holland Taylor as Gloria

Holland Taylor

Gloria

Mary Ellen Trainor as Elaine

Mary Ellen Trainor

Elaine

Eve Smith as Mrs. Irwin

Eve Smith

Mrs. Irwin

Joe Nesnow as Super

Joe Nesnow

Super