Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)

aka Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark

Director: Steven Spielberg

Synopsis

In the late 1930s, archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones (Harrison Ford) is hired by the U.S. government to find the Ark of the Covenant before the Nazis locate it.

Male Deaths

• Sonny Caldinez [Mean Mongolian]
• Paul Freeman [René Emile Belloq]
• Anthony Higgins [Major Gobbler]
• Wolf Kahler [Colonel Herman Dietrich]
• Ronald Lacey [Major Arnold Ernst Toht]
• Sergio Mioni [Tough Sergeant]
• Alfred Molina [Satipo]
• Terry Richards [Arab Swordsman]
• Pat Roach [Giant Sherpa; German Mechanic]
• Matthew Scurfield [Otto]
• Vic Tablian [Barranca]
• Malcolm Weaver [Ratty Nepalese]
• Frank Welker [Monkey]

Female Deaths

• None

Gallery

Alfred Molina

Vic Tablian

Malcolm Weaver

Sonny Caldinez

Terry Richards

Frank Welker/Snuff the Monkey

Pat Roach

Wolf Kahler

Ronald Lacey

Paul Freeman

Trivia

1. 1981's biggest grossing film by a wide margin.
2. Most of the body blows you hear were created by hitting a pile of leather jackets with a baseball bat.
3. The opening sequence featured live tarantulas on Alfred Molina, but they did not move until a female tarantula was introduced.
4. The famous scene in which Indy shoots a marauding and flamboyant swordsman was not in the original script. Harrison Ford was supposed to use his whip to get the sword out of his attacker's hands, but the food poisoning he and the rest of the crew had gotten, made him too sick to perform the stunt. After several unsuccessful tries, Ford suggested "shooting the sucker". Steven Spielberg immediately took him up the idea, and the scene was successfully filmed.