Raiders of the Lost ark
- Release Date
- June 12, 1981
- Director
- Steven Spielberg
- Cast
- Harrison Ford , Karen Allen , Paul Freeman , Ronald Lacey , John Rhys-Davies , Denholm Elliott
- Runtime
- 115
- Main Genre
- Action
- Writers
- Lawrence Kasdan , George Lucas , Philip Kaufman
- Tagline
- Indiana Jones - the new hero from the creators of JAWS and STAR WARS.
- Website
- http://www.indianajones.com
- Franchise
- Indiana Jones
Summary
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.
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