Mountains of the Moon
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Mountains of the Moon

Year:
Duration:
136 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | History | Mystery
IMDB rate:
7.3
Director:
Bob Rafelson
Awards:
1 win
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 1990-02-23
Filming Locations: Africa
Earnings
Gross: $4,011,793 (USA) Filming Dates 19 September 1988 - 13 January 1989 Related Links
Cast
Actor
Character
Patrick Bergin
Richard Francis Burton
Iain Glen
John Hanning Speke
Fiona Shaw
Isabel Arundell (Mrs Burton as from 1861)
John Savident
Lord Murchison
James Villiers
Lord Oliphant
Adrian Rawlins
Edward
Peter Vaughan
Lord Houghton
Delroy Lindo
Mabruki
Bernard Hill
Dr. David Livingstone
Matthew Marsh
William
Richard Caldicot
Lord Russell
Christopher Fulford
Herne
Garry Cooper
Stroyan
Roshan Seth
Ben Amir
Jimmy Gardner
Jarvis
Doreen Mantle
Mrs. Speke
Anna Massey
Mrs. Arundell
Peter Eyre
Norton Shaw
Leslie Phillips
Mr. Arundell
Frances Cuka
Lady Houghton
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
Lord Cowley
Craig Crosbie
Algernon Swinburne
Paul Onsongo
Sidi Bombay
Lenny Juma
Jemadar (as Leonard Juma)
Bheki Tonto Ngema
Ngola
Martin Okello
Veldu
Philip Voss
Colonel Rigby
Pip Torrens
Lt. Hesketh
Esther Njiru
Lema
Alison Limerick
Sorceress
Asiba Asiba
Nubian Servant
Ian Vincent
Lt. Allen
Ralph Nossek
Doctor
Stewart Harwood
Attendant
George Malpas
Lead Actor
Robert Whelan
Reporter #1
Bill Croasdale
Reporter #2
Renny Krupinski
Reporter #3
Rod Woodruff
Fencer
Fikile Mdleleni
Bearer
Martin Ocham
Bearer
Wilson Ng'ong'a
Bearer
Rocks Nhlapo
Bearer
Patrick Letladi
Bearer
Konga Mbandu
Bearer
Michael Otieno
Bearer
Fatima Said
Somali Girl
Zam Zam Issa
Somali Girl
Norta Muhammed
Somali Girl
Pineniece Joshua
Somali Girl
Roger Rees
Edgar Papworth, Artist
Kenneth W Caravan
Speke Estate Farmboy (uncredited)
Omar Sharif
Arab chief in Cairo (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
Singer-actor David Bowie was considered for one of the lead roles.
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First top-billed lead starring role in a cinema movie of actor Patrick Bergin.
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This motion picture's opening title card reads: "East African Coast 1854".
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Goofs
Although Larry Oliphant is portrayed as a homosexual, by all accounts he was in real life heterosexual: the filmmakers changed his sexual orientation to create a more dramatic reason for Speke's betrayal of Burton after all they had gone through together.
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Isabel asks Burton to sign her copy of "A System of Bayonet Exercise" and hands him a very substantial book. This writing of Burton's was a 36-page pamphlet.
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Sir Richard Francis Burton is depicted as an Irishman in the film, however he was born in England and would have spoken with an English accent.
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Quotes
Arab chief in Cairo: In this wilderness you will find only Allah's terrible whimsy.
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Photos from cast
Richard E. Grant
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