Raiders of the Lost Ark | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | December 27, 2013
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The high water mark that all adventure films proceeding it must compete with. Spielberg at his height of technical ability and inventivness
genre | Adventure |
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synopsis | When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime. |
lead actors | Harrison Ford | Karen Allen | Paul Freeman | Ronald Lacey | John Rhys-Davies | Denholm Elliott | Wolf Kahler | Anthony Higgins | Vic Tablian | Don Fellows | William Hootkins | Alfred Molina | Eddie Tagoe | George Harris |
director | Steven Spielberg |