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The Jewel of the Nile

PG·1985·106m

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Romance

Adventure

Action

Comedy

Romance

Summary

Joan Wilder is thrust back into a world of murder, chases, foreign intrigue... and love. This time out she's duped by a duplicitous Arab dignitary who brings her to the Middle East, ostensibly to write a book about his life. Of course, he's up to no good, and Joan is just another pawn in his wicked game. But Jack Colton and his sidekick Ralph show up to help our intrepid heroine save the day.

Cast

Michael Douglas

Jack T. Colton

Kathleen Turner

Joan Wilder

Danny DeVito

Ralph

Spiros Focás

Omar

Avner Eisenberg

Jewel

Paul David Magid

Tarak

Howard Jay Patterson

Barak

Randall Edwin Nelson

Karak

Samuel Ross Williams

Arak

Timothy Daniel Furst

Sarak

Hamid Fillali

Rachid

Holland Taylor

Gloria

Guy Cuevas

Le Vasseur

Peter DePalma

Missionary

Mark Daly Richards

Pirate

Sadeke Colobanane

Nubian Chief

Hyacinthe N'Iaye

Nubian Wrestler

Daniel Peacock

Rock Promoter

Benyahim Ahed

Omar Officer

Alaoui Hassen

Station Master

Makoula Ahmed

Ticket Seller

Akasby Mohamed

Old Man in Suq

Zaouia Abdelmajid

F-16 Pilot

Ted Buffington

Fire Walker

Flora Alberti

Society Matron

Patricia Davidson

Society Matron

Ziraoui Mustapha

Omar's Elite Guard

Baji Abdelmajid

Omar's Elite Guard

Kachela Mohammed

Omar's Elite Guard

Mohamed Attifi

Omar's Elite Guard

Ben Abadi Mohammed Fillali

Omar's Elite Guard

Abdullatif Hilal

Omar's Elite Guard

Carlo Martini

Extra unaccredited

Hamid Ait Timaghrit

Thief

Omero Capanna

Hitman

Crew

Director

Lewis Teague

Characters

Diane Thomas

Screenplay

Lawrence Konner

Screenplay

Mark Rosenthal

Reviews

kevin2019

February 23, 2024

"The Jewel of the Nile" is at something of a disadvantage. Jack T. Coltan and Joan Wilder were total strangers the first time we encountered the characters and this provided a lot of scope for development, but that isn't the case here so what screenwriters Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner have produced instead is purely an action film which works perfectly well on all levels. The action scenes are moderately exciting and there is a highly entertaining opening where we are once again invited into one of Joan Wilder's stories, but this time around the film is only as watchable as it proves to be because of the enthusiastic participation of Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito. They are the winning combination that keeps you watching and they are the ones to provide all the action and the romance and the laughs simply because Diane Thomas is no longer with us any more to do it.