Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom sees Harrison Ford reprise his now famous role as the intrepid archeologist, Dr. Jones. After narrowly escaping Shanghai with his life, Indiana Jones finds himself deep in India, with a lounge singer named Willy (Kate Capshaw) and a kid called Short Round (Jonathan Ke Quan). Jones comes across a village who are desperate to find the legendary Sankara Stone which was stolen from them. Jones agrees to find it for them and stumbles upon a secret cult plotting a terrible plan in the catacombs of an ancient palace.
Directed by
Steven Spielberg
Written by
George Lucas (story); Willard Huyck (screenplay); Gloria Katz (screenplay).
Starring
Harrison Ford (Indiana Jones); Kate Capshaw (Wilhelmina 'Willie' Scott); Jonathan Ke Quan (Short Round (as Ke Huy Quan)); Amrish Puri (Mola Ram); Roshan Seth (Chattar Lal); Philip Stone (Captain Phillip Blumburtt); Roy Chiao (Lao Che); David Yip (Wu Han); Ric Young (Kao Kan); Chua Kah Joo (Chen); Rex Ngui (Maitre d'); Philip Tan (Chief Henchman (as Philip Tann)); Dan Aykroyd (Earl Weber); Dr. Akio Mitamura (Chinese Pilot (as Akio Mitamura)); Michael Yama (Chinese Co-Pilot). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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