Mountains of the Moon
Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.
6.5(86) 1990-02-16 136 minAdventureDramaHistory
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
DirectorBob Rafelson
ScreenplayWilliam Harrison
ScreenplayBob Rafelson
ProducerDaniel Melnick
Original Music ComposerMichael Small
Cast & characters
Patrick Bergin
as Richard Burton
Iain Glen
as John Hanning Speke
Richard E. Grant
as Oliphant
Fiona Shaw
as Isabel
John Savident
as Lord Murchison
James Villiers
as Lord Oliphant
Adrian Rawlins
as Edward
Peter Vaughan
as Lord Houghton
Delroy Lindo
as Mabruki
Bernard Hill
as Dr. Livingstone
Matthew Marsh
as William
Richard Caldicot
as Lord Russell
Christopher Fulford
as Herne
Garry Cooper
as Stroyan
Roshan Seth
as Ben Amir
Paul Onsongo
as Sidi Bombay
Jimmy Gardner
as Jarvis
Doreen Mantle
as Mrs. Speke
Anna Massey
as Mrs. Arundell
Peter Eyre
as Norton Shaw
Leslie Phillips
as Mr. Arundell
Frances Cuka
as Lady Houghton
Roger Ashton-Griffiths
as Lord Cowley
Craig Crosbie
as Swinburne
