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