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Romancing the Stone

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.

19846.81h 46m

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.

Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Written by Diane Thomas
Produced by Treva Silverman, Michael Douglas
Box OfficeBudget: $10.0MRevenue: $86.6M

Top Cast

Michael Douglas

Michael Douglas

Jack T. Colton

Kathleen Turner

Kathleen Turner

Joan Wilder

Danny DeVito

Danny DeVito

Ralph

Zack Norman

Zack Norman

Ira

Alfonso Arau

Alfonso Arau

Juan

Manuel Ojeda

Manuel Ojeda

Zolo

Holland Taylor

Holland Taylor

Gloria

Mary Ellen Trainor

Mary Ellen Trainor

Elaine

Eve Smith

Eve Smith

Mrs. Irwin

Joe Nesnow

Joe Nesnow

Super

Themes & Keywords

airplanesmuggling (contraband)chasekidnappingcrocodileanti herotreasure hunttreasure mapbetrayalmarijuanajungleauthordrug lordsouth americadouble crossarchaeologistnovelistjewelopposites attractarcheologysoldier of fortunecolombiaromance booksadventureromanticexcited

About Romancing the Stone

Romancing the Stone is a romance, comedy, action, adventure film released in 1984 exploring themes of airplane, smuggling (contraband), chase, kidnapping, crocodile, anti hero. Directed by Robert Zemeckis, it stars Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito. 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.

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