Mountains of the Moon(1990)
Two strangers made friends by a savage land. Two friends made enemies by the civilized world.
The story of Captain Richard Francis Burton's and Lt. John Hanning Speke's expedition to find the source of the Nile river in the name of Queen Victoria's British Empire.
Movie: Mountains of the Moon
Top 10 Billed Cast
Richard Burton
John Hanning Speke
Oliphant
Isabel
Lord Murchison
Lord Oliphant
Edward
Lord Houghton
Mabruki
Dr. Livingstone
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