The Jewel of the Nile (1985)

Directed by

Lewis Teague

Genre

action film, romantic comedy, treasure hunt film

Country

France, United States

Runtime

1h 46m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 1,299 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An adventure writer and her boyfriend are swept into a desert quest to find a legendary jewel. They face obstacles and villains in a fictional African country.

adventurouslightheartedfast-pacedromanticfunnyexoticswashbucklingnostalgic

What happens

The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 American action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Lewis Teague and produced by Michael Douglas, who also starred in the lead role, reuniting with co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, reprising their roles from the 1984 action-adventure film Romancing the Stone. Like Romancing the Stone, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels. This time, instead of Jesse and Angelina in Joan's wild-west scenario, Joan and Jack are about to be married when pirates attack their ship. The Jewel of the Nile sends its characters off on a new adventure in a fictional African desert, in an effort to find the fabled "Jewel of the Nile". The song performed by Billy Ocean, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", became a major international hit, reaching #1 in the UK and #2 in the US. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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