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Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

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Raiders of the Lost Ark

(1981)

| Film | USA | Colour | Action, Adventure | 1h 55min

| Stars: Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman | Director: Steven Spielberg

Friday at 6.45pm on Film4 HD

In the Thirties, an American archaeologist and explorer beats the Nazis to a priceless artefact: the magical box containing fragments of the stones on which God wrote His laws

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Commercially very successful, this attempted wrap-up of the Saturday morning serials of two generations prior spends a great deal of money and expertise on frightening us rather than exciting us; in Dolby sound, the experience is horrendous. Second time round, one can better enjoy the ingenious detail of the hero’s exploits and ignore the insistence on unpleasantness; still, there are boring bits in between and the story doesn’t make a lot of sense. (Halliwell’s)

How to watch

British television

Friday at 6.45pm
Film4 HD

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (20). Directed by Steven Spielberg.

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (19). Produced by Frank Marshall.

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (11). And Denholm Elliott.

Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (10). Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins — Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) opening credits (10)

Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (10). Alfred Molina, Wolf Kahler, Anthony Higgins.

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (9). Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies.

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (8). Paul Freeman.

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Main title from Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) (7). Karen Allen.

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Production

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Steven Spielberg
Director

Frank Marshall
Producer

Philip Kaufman
Writer

Lawrence Kasdan
Writer (screenplay by)

George Lucas
Writer (story by)