Romancing the Stone poster

Romancing the Stone( 1984)

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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.

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Michael Douglas

      Jack T. Colton

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      Kathleen Turner

      Joan Wilder

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      Danny DeVito

      Ralph

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      Zack Norman

      Ira

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      Alfonso Arau

      Juan

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      Manuel Ojeda

      Zolo

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      Holland Taylor

      Gloria

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      Mary Ellen Trainor

      Elaine

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      Eve Smith

      Mrs. Irwin

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      Joe Nesnow

      Super

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      José Chávez

      Santos

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      Evita Muñoz 'Chachita'

      Hefty Woman

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      Camillo García

      Bus Driver

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      Rodrigo Puebla

      Bad Hombre

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      Paco Morayta

      Hotel Clerk

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      Jorge Zamora

      Maitre'D

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      Kymberly Herrin

      Angelina

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      William H. Burton Jr.

      Jessie

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      Ted White

      Grogan

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      Manuel E. Santiago

      Vendor

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      Ron Silver

      Vendor

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      Michael Cassidy

      Zolo's Men

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      Vince Deadrick Sr.

      Zolo's Men

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      Richard Drown

      Zolo's Men

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      Joe Finnegan

      Zolo's Men

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      Jimmy Medearis

      Zolo's Men

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      Jeff Ramsey

      Zolo's Men

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      Pablo Guisa Koestinger

      Child in Plaza

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      Lorna Lable

      Vendor

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      Jos Laniado

      Juan Alvarez (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jun 08 2023
    This film does make you realise just how good Harrison Ford was in "Indiana Jones" (also 1984) and how good Danny DeVito is in this - but as far as Michael Douglas and Kathleen Turner go, well they are really pretty mediocre. He is "Jack", the dashing rogue who ends out helping slushy fiction writer "Joan" through the Colombian jungle in search of her kidnapped sister - something about a treasure map. This adventure takes for ever to get going, but once it does it offers us a colourful and entertaining enough series of set-piece escapades with a beat-heavy synthesised score that works hard to c...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    10000000.00

    Revenue

    86572238.00

    Keywords

    • airplane
    • smuggling (contraband)
    • chase
    • kidnapping
    • crocodile
    • anti hero
    • treasure hunt
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    • betrayal
    • marijuana
    • jungle
    • author
    • drug lord
    • south america
    • double cross
    • archaeologist
    • novelist
    • jewel
    • opposites attract
    • archeology
    • soldier of fortune
    • colombia
    • romance books
    • adventure
    • romantic
    • excited