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.
| Directing | Stephen Hopkins | Director |
| Writing | William Goldman | Screenplay |
| Production | A. Kitman Ho | Producer |
| Production | Gale Anne Hurd | Producer |
| Production | Paul B. Radin | Producer |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Roger Bondelli | Editor |
| Editing | Robert Brown | Editor |
| Editing | Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Writing | John Henry Patterson | Novel |
| Production | Steven Reuther | Executive Producer |
| Production | Michael Douglas | Executive Producer |
| Production | Grant Hill | Co-Producer |
| Production | Mary Selway | Casting |
| Production | Sarah Trevis | Casting |
| Production | Grant Hill | Unit Production Manager |
| Directing | José Luis Escolar | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | David H. Venghaus Jr. | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Patrick Kinney | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Matt Rebenkoff | Second Assistant Director |
| Production | Michael L. Games | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Giles Masters | Art Direction |
| Art | Malcolm Stone | Art Direction |
| Art | George Richardson | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Steve Saklad | Supervising Art Director |
| Art | Hilton Rosemarin | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Simon Kaye | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tommy Staples | Boom Operator |
| Directing | Nikki Clapp | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Javier Chinchilla | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Crew | Danny Baldwin | Stunt Coordinator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Paul Engelen | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Suzanne Stokes-Munton | Key Hair Stylist |
| Editing | Sean Hubbert | Associate Editor |
| Camera | Dennis Seawright | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Lars Cox | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Camera | Neal Norton | "A" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Joseph D. Urbanczyk | "B" Camera Operator |
| Camera | Carlos De Carvalho | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Sound | Bruce Stambler | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Art | Stuart Wurtzel | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ellen Mirojnick | Costume Design |
| Production | Kevin De La Noy | Location Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Michael Dennison | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leigh Bishop | Key Costumer |
| Art | Philip McDonald | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Tom Lucas | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Meg Speirs | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vera Mitchell | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Kenneth Hall | Supervising Music Editor |
| Sound | Sally Boldt | Music Editor |
| Sound | Donald O. Mitchell | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Hart | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Frank A. Montaño | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Thomas J. O'Connell | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Rick Canelli | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Mary Jo Lang | Foley Mixer |
| Sound | Carolyn Tapp | Foley Recordist |
| Sound | Thom 'Coach' Ehle | Dolby Consultant |
| Sound | John Roesch | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Hilda Hodges | Foley Artist |
| Sound | Shawn Sykora | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Bob Beher | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Mark Pappas | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Joe Dorn | ADR Editor |
| Sound | Michael Dressel | Foley Supervisor |
| Sound | Becky Sullivan | Supervising ADR Editor |
| Sound | John Leveque | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Kimberly Lowe Voigt | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Marshall Winn | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Mildred Iatrou | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Jeff Cranford | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Paul Aulicino | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Dana LeBlanc Frankley | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Sound | Lance Brown | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Glenn Hoskinson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Steve Mann | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Steve Nelson | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Kim Secrist | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Donald L. Warner Jr. | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Richard E. Yawn | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gary Mundheim | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gordon Ecker | Sound Effects Editor |
| Production | Marge Rowland | Production Accountant |
| Camera | Guy Micheletti | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Mike Miller | First Company Grip |
| Visual Effects | Chris Corbould | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Art | Rodney Armanino | Construction Coordinator |
| Art | Alan Allinger | Construction Foreman |
| Crew | Stuart Fink | Unit Publicist |
| Camera | Frank Connor | Still Photographer |
| Production | Barbara Harris | ADR Voice Casting |
| Directing | Josh McLaglen | Second Unit Director |
| Camera | Gabriel Beristain | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Visual Effects | Stuart Robertson | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Visual Effects | Tim McGovern | Visual Effects Supervisor |
| Editing | Mo Henry | Negative Cutter |
| Editing | Bob Kaiser | Color Timer |
| Visual Effects | Ryan Berg | Visual Effects Coordinator |
| Directing | Jamie Christopher | Second Assistant Director |
