Raiders of the Lost Ark

Raiders of the Lost Ark is the adventure film that defined what adventure films could be. Harrison Ford stars as the iconic Indiana Jones and while he races the Nazis to discover the legendary Ark of the Covenant, we get to bear witness to breathtaking landscapes, brutal fight scenes, ancient traps, and beautifully gruesome melting faces. Add in a dash of dry humor with multi-dimensional characters and it is easy to understand how Raiders of the Lost Ark set the standard for all following adventure films, and why so few have trie

Production

Directed by Steven Spielberg

Produced by Frank Marshall

Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan

Story by George Lucas, Philip Kaufman

Starring Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott

Music by John Williams

Cinematography by Douglas Slocombe

Edited by Michael Kahn

Production company: Lucasfilm Ltd.

Distribution & Stats

Distributed by Paramount Pictures

Release date: June 12, 1981 (United States)

Running time: 116 minutes

Country: United States

Language: English

Budget: $20 million

Box office: $389.9 million