The Jewel of the Nile

For the 1994 Nice & Smooth album, see Jewel of the Nile.
The Jewel of the Nile
Promotional film poster by Robert Rodriguez[1]
Directed byLewis Teague
Written by
Based onCharacters
by Diane Thomas
Produced byMichael Douglas
Starring
CinematographyJan de Bont
Edited by
  • Peter Boita
  • Michael Ellis
Music byJack Nitzsche
Production
companies
The Stone Group, Ltd.
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • December 11, 1985 (1985-12-11)
Running time
107 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25 million[2]
Box office$96.7 million[3]

The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 American action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Lewis Teague and produced by Michael Douglas, who also starred in the lead role, reuniting with co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, reprising their roles from the 1984 action-adventure film Romancing the Stone.

Like Romancing the Stone, the opening scene takes place in one of Joan's novels. This time, instead of Jesse and Angelina in Joan's wild-west scenario, Joan and Jack are about to be married when pirates attack their ship. The Jewel of the Nile sends its characters off on a new adventure in a fictional African desert, in an effort to find the fabled "Jewel of the Nile".

The song performed by Billy Ocean, "When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going", became a major international hit, reaching #1 in the UK and #2 in the US.[4]

  1. ^ "Syndicated Comics". 31 July 2020.
  2. ^ Solomon 1989, p. 260.
  3. ^ "Receipts: 'Jewel of the Nile'." Box Office Mojo. Retrieved: March 27, 2016.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Feaster was invoked but never defined (see the help page).