Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

(Raiders of the Lost Ark)

Basics

A film directed by Steven Spielberg
1981 | 115 minutes | Colour | Dolby Digital | 2.39 : 1

Synopsis

Set  in  1936,  this  first  feature  introduces  Harrison  Ford as Indiana
Jones, an archaeologist   and   adventurer   whose   quests   for   rare
antiquities frequently  find  him  running  from one menace or another.
Raiders finds  Dr.  Jones  in  the  middle  of  a  Nazi  plot  to  use  the
mysterious  powers  of  the  Ark of the Covenant to win the war. Karen
Allen plays  the  love  interest  with  an  old-fashioned  'man's  woman'
appeal.

Main Cast

Harrison Ford
Karen Allen
Paul Freeman
Ronald Lacey
John Rhys-Davies
Denholm Elliott
Alfred Molina
Wolf Kahler
Anthony Higgins
Vic Tablian
Don Fellows
William Hootkins
Bill Reimbold
Fred Sorenson
Patrick Durkin
Indy
Marion
Belloq
Toht
Sallah
Brody
Sapito
Dietrich
Gobler
Barranca / Monkey Man
Col. Musgrove
Major Eaton
Bureaucrat
Jock
Australian Climber

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures
Lucasfilm

Distributors

Paramount Pictures (USA)

Release Dates

🇺🇸 June 12, 1981
🇬🇧 July 30, 1981

Also Known As

Indiana Jones (us)
The Adventures of Indiana Smith (us)

Box-Office

Budget
$18,000,000

Worldwide Box-Office
$389,925,971