Romancing the Stone (1984)

Name: Romancing the Stone
Released: 1984
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau

• Movies, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Romance

• 106 min

6.8

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.

Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Casting: Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Zack Norman, Alfonso Arau, Manuel Ojeda, Holland Taylor, Mary Ellen Trainor, Eve Smith, Joe Nesnow, José Chávez, Evita Muñoz 'Chachita', Camillo García, Rodrigo Puebla, Paco Morayta, Jorge Zamora, Kymberly Herrin, William H. Burton Jr., Ted White, Manuel E. Santiago, Ron Silver, Michael Cassidy, Vince Deadrick Sr., Richard Drown, Joe Finnegan, Jimmy Medearis, Jeff Ramsey, Pablo Guisa Koestinger, Lorna Lable, Jos Laniado
Countries: United States of America, Mexico
Premiere: 1984-03-30
Status: Released

Tags: airplane, smuggling (contraband), chase, kidnapping, crocodile, anti hero, treasure hunt, treasure map, 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

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.