Film

Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981

Directed by Steven Spielberg

  • Adventure, Action
  • 115 min
  • PG

Rotten Tomatoes94%Metacritic86

The return of the great adventure.

When Dr. Indiana Jones – the tweed-suited professor who just happens to be a celebrated archaeologist – is hired by the government to locate the legendary Ark of the Covenant, he finds himself up against the entire Nazi regime.

AdventureActionegypttreasuremedallionswastikasaving the worldnepalhimalaya mountain rangecairomoseshatwhipleather jacket

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