Sir Robert Beaumont is behind schedule on a railroad in Africa. Enlisting noted engineer John Henry Patterson to right the ship, Beaumont expects results. Everything seems great until the crew discovers the mutilated corpse of the project's foreman, seemingly killed by a lion. After several more attacks, Patterson calls in famed hunter Charles Remington, who has finally met his match in the bloodthirsty lions.
| Directing | Stephen Hopkins | Director |
| Writing | William Goldman | Screenplay |
| Production | A. Kitman Ho | Producer |
| Production | Gale Anne Hurd | Producer |
| Production | Paul B. Radin | Producer |
| Sound | Jerry Goldsmith | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Vilmos Zsigmond | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Roger Bondelli | Editor |
| Editing | Robert Brown | Editor |
| Editing | Steve Mirkovich | Editor |
| Writing | John Henry Patterson | Novel |
