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Romancing the Stone
“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.”
6.8 / 10• 1984• 1h 46m•PG• English
RomanceComedyAdventure
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Michael Douglas
Jack T. Colton
Lead
Kathleen Turner
Joan Wilder
Danny DeVito
Ralph
Zack Norman
Ira
Alfonso Arau
Juan
Manuel Ojeda
Zolo
Holland Taylor
Gloria
Mary Ellen Trainor
Elaine
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Zemeckis's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Romancing the Stone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
