Raiders of the Lost Ark

In 1936, American archaeologist Indiana Jones recovers a golden idol from a booby-trapped Peruvian temple. Rival archaeologist René Belloq corners him and steals the idol; Jones escapes in a waiting seaplane. After returning to America, Jones is briefed by two Army Intelligence agents that Nazi German forces are excavating at Tanis, Egypt, and one of their telegrams mentions Jones' old mentor Abner Ravenwood. Jones deduces that the Nazis seek the Ark of the Covenant, which Adolf Hitler believes will make their army invincible. The agents recruit Jones to recover the Ark first.

MPAA Rating:	PG
Genre:	Action, Adventure
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Howard G. Kazanjian, George Lucas, Frank Marshall, Robert Watts
Directed By:	Steven Spielberg
Written By:	Philip Kaufman, Lawrence Kasdan, George Lucas
Cast:	John Rhys-Davies, George Harris, Michael Sheard, Darin Chambers, Paul Freeman, Anthony Chinn, Steve Hanson, Malcolm Weaver, Patrick Durkin, Alfred Molina, Terry Leonard, Fred Sorenson, Rocky Taylor, Pat Roach, Kiran Shah, Frank Welker, Glenn Randall Jr., Harry Fielder, Don Fellows, William Hootkins, Sergio Mioni, Dennis Muren, Vic Armstrong, Anthony Higgins, Eddie Tagoe, Ishaq Bux, Terry Richards, Sonny Caldinez, Vic Tablian, Wolf Kahler, Bill Reimbold, Denholm Elliott, John Rees, Karen Allen, Tutte Lemkow, Christopher Frederick, Ted Grossman, Tony Vogel, Frank Marshall, Romo Gorrara, Harrison Ford, Matthew Scurfield, Ronald Lacey
In Theaters:	Jun 12, 1981
Runtime:	1 hour 55 minutes
Production:	Paramount Pictures, Lucasfilm
Budget:	$18,000,000
Box Office:	$248,159,971
Available On:	Amazon, Itunes, Vudu
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