Romancing the Stone poster
Director Robert Zemeckis
Screenplay Diane Thomas

Romancing the Stone

Tagline: 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.

Release Date: 1984-03-30

Duration: 106 minutes

Synopsis

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.

Casting

  • Michael Douglas
    Jack T. Colton
  • Danny DeVito
    Ralph
  • Kathleen Turner
    Joan Wilder
  • Holland Taylor
    Gloria
  • Ron Silver
    Vendor
  • Mary Ellen Trainor
    Elaine
  • Ted White
    Grogan
  • José Chávez
    Santos
  • Alfonso Arau
    Juan
  • Manuel Ojeda
    Zolo