Legend of the Lost Tomb

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Legend of the Lost Tomb
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Genre
  • Adventure
  • Family
  • Thriller
Based onTales of a Dead King
by Walter Dean Myers
Written by Jeremy Doner
Directed byJonathan Winfrey
Starring
Music by Kevin Kiner
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Producer Julie Corman
CinematographyNicholas von Sternberg
EditorLouis F. Cioffi
Running time90 minutes
Production companies
Original release
Network Showtime
ReleaseMay 18, 1997 (1997-05-18)

Legend of the Lost Tomb is a 1997 American adventure thriller film directed by Jonathan Winfrey and written by Jeremy Doner, based on the 1983 young adult book Tales of a Dead King by Walter Dean Myers. It premiered on Showtime on May 18, 1997.

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Plot

Fifteen-year-old John Robie's father is an Egyptologist who goes missing during an excavation in Egypt. After arriving in Egypt to search for his missing father, he meets seventeen-year-old Karen Lacy. The two team up to find clues to John's missing father and to his excavations which included a map to the treasures of the Pharaoh Ramesses II.

While they are on their search, they are pursued by mysterious men who are in search of the map as well.

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