Luitenant-kolonel John Patterson, een jong en briljant ingenieur, vertrekt in 1896 naar Afrika. Zijn opdracht, de aanleg afwerken van een spoorweg tussen Mombassa en het Victoriameer. De brug over de Tsavoririvier, het belangrijkste bouwwerk van het project, moet het Britse imperium de controle verzekeren over de ivoorhandel tussen Oost-Afrika en een doorslaggevend voordeel opleveren in de strijd tegen de Franse en Duitse concurrenten. Op de werf van Tsavori is de sfeer helemaal verziekt, maar Patterson slaagt erin de orde te herstellen. Hij verwerft het respect van zijn manschappen als hij met één enkele kogel een dolende leeuw neerknalt. Enkele dagen later wordt er echter opnieuw een leeuw gesignaleerd.
Nee, helaas is The Ghost and the Darkness nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Editing | Robert Brown | Editor |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Production | A. Kitman Ho | Producer |
| Directing | Stephen Hopkins | Director |
| Writing | William Goldman | Screenplay |
| Production | Paul B. Radin | Producer |
| Production | Gale Anne Hurd | Producer |
| Editing | Roger Bondelli | Editor |
| Writing | John Henry Patterson | Novel |
| Directing | Patrick Kinney | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Steven Reuther | Executive Producer |
| Art | Steve Saklad | Supervising Art Director |
| Sound | Tommy Staples | Boom Operator |
| Camera | Lars Cox | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Directing | José Luis Escolar | First Assistant Director |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound Mixer |
| Directing | Nikki Clapp | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Grant Hill | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | Matt Rebenkoff | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | George Richardson | Supervising Art Director |
| Production | Grant Hill | Co-Producer |
| Directing | David H. Venghaus Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Art | Giles Masters | Art Direction |
| Production | Michael Douglas | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanne Stokes-Munton | Key Hair Stylist |
| Production | Mary Selway | Casting |
| Production | Sarah Trevis | Casting |
| Art | Hilton Rosemarin | Set Decoration |
| Production | Michael L. Games | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Malcolm Stone | Art Direction |
| Crew | Danny Baldwin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Directing | Javier Chinchilla | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Engelen | Key Makeup Artist |
| Editing | Sean Hubbert | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Carlos De Carvalho | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Dennis Seawright | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Neal Norton | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joseph D. Urbanczyk | "B" Camera Operator |
| Sound | Bruce Stambler | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Dennison | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Sound | Frank A. Montaño | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Bishop | Key Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Mirojnick | Costume Design |
| Sound | Thom 'Coach' Ehle | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Art | Philip McDonald | Property Master |
| Sound | Sally Boldt | Music Editor |
| Sound | Rick Hart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Joe Dorn | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Dialogue Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg Speirs | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Shawn Sykora | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Becky Sullivan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | Carolyn Tapp | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Lucas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Mitchell | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Kenneth Hall | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Rick Canelli | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Mildred Iatrou | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Paul Aulicino | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Gabriel Beristain | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mike Miller | First Company Grip |
| Sound | Kimberly Lowe Voigt | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Cranford | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dana LeBlanc Frankley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Art | Alan Allinger | Construction Foreman |
| Sound | Glenn Hoskinson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Art | Rodney Armanino | Construction Coordinator |
| Crew | Stuart Fink | Unit Publicist |
| Sound | Michael Dressel | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Hilda Hodges | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | John Leveque | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Steve Mann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Guy Micheletti | Dolly Grip |
| Directing | Josh McLaglen | Second Unit Director |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Camera | Frank Connor | Still Photographer |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Sound | Gary Mundheim | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Marge Rowland | Production Accountant |
| Visual Effects | Stuart Robertson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Donald L. Warner Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gordon Ecker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Lance Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Visual Effects | Tim McGovern | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Chris Corbould | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Sound | Steve Nelson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Editing | Bob Kaiser | Color Timer |
| Sound | Kim Secrist | Sound Effects Editor |
| Directing | Jamie Christopher | Second Assistant Director |
| Visual Effects | Ryan Berg | Visual Effects Coordinator |
