Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.

Michael Douglasas Charles Remington
Val Kilmeras Col. John Henry Patterson
Tom Wilkinsonas Sir Robert Beaumont
John Kanias Samuel
Emily Mortimeras Helena Patterson
Bernard Hillas Dr. David Hawthorne
Brian McCardieas Angus Starling
Om Purias Abdullah
Jack Devnarainas Nervous Sikh Orderly
Vilmos Zsigmond