---
title: 'Mountains of the Moon (1990)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bob Rafelson'
released: '1990-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 126
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/mountains-of-the-moon-1990'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100196/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Mountains of the Moon (1990)

1990 · 126 min · Drama, Adventure · United States


## Synopsis

Mountains of the Moon is a 1990 American biographical film depicting the 1857–1858 journey of Richard Francis Burton and John Hanning Speke in their expedition to Central Africa, which culminated in Speke's discovery of the source of the Nile River and led to a bitter rivalry between the two men. The film stars Patrick Bergin as Burton and Iain Glen as Speke. Delroy Lindo appears as an African whom the explorers meet.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bob Rafelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-rafelson)
- **Screenplay:** [Bob Rafelson](https://cinepixo.com/people/bob-rafelson)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Small](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-small)
- **Producer:** [Mario Kassar](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-kassar)
- **Director of Photography:** [Roger Deakins](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-deakins)
- **Editor:** [Thom Noble](https://cinepixo.com/people/thom-noble)

## Cast

- [Delroy Lindo](https://cinepixo.com/people/delroy-lindo) as Mabruki
- [Patrick Bergin](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-bergin) as Richard Francis Burton
- [Adrian Rawlins](https://cinepixo.com/people/adrian-rawlins) as Edward
- [Bernard Hill](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-hill) as David Livingstone
- [John Savident](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-savident) as Lord Murchison
- [Richard E. Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-e-grant) as Laurence Oliphant
- [Matthew Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/matthew-marsh) as William
- [Fiona Shaw](https://cinepixo.com/people/fiona-shaw) as Isabel Burton
- [Roger Rees](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-rees)
- [Anna Massey](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-massey)
- [Peter Vaughan](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-vaughan) as Lord Houghton
- [Richard Caldicot](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-caldicot) as John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
- [Omar Sharif](https://cinepixo.com/people/omar-sharif) as Sultan
- [Paul Onsongo](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-onsongo) as Sidi Bombay
- [Roshan Seth](https://cinepixo.com/people/roshan-seth) as Ben Amir

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