Harrison Ford stars as Indiana Jones in the 1981 action adventure film Raiders of the Lost Ark. The movie is also known as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark. Steven Spielberg directed the film, and it was produced by Frank Marshall, George Lucas, and Howard Kazanjian.
The movie is the first in the Indiana Jones franchise. Other actors in the film include, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey, John Rhys-Davies, Denholm Elliott, Wolf Kahler, and Alfred Molina. Raiders of the Lost Ark was released by Paramount Pictures on June 12, 1981. The film’s budget was $20 million; it earned $384 million at the box office worldwide. The movie is one of the top twenty highest-grossing films ever made. Raiders was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won for Best Sound, Best Film Editing, Best Visuals, and Best Art Direction.
