Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) on IMDb: Movies, TV, Celebs, and more. FILM Raiders of the Lost Ark Raiders of the Lost Ark is an action/ adventure film created by. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Harrison Ford, Karen Allen, Paul Freeman, Ronald Lacey. Archaeologist and adventurer Indiana Jones is hired by the US government to. Raiders of the Lost Ark (later marketed as Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark) is a 1981 American action-adventure film directed by Steven Spielberg. Raiders Films: Director/Producer: Facts: Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Main religious artifact or icon: Jewish Ark of the Covenant that once held the 10 Commandments This is the original (high-definition quality) theatrical teaser or trailer of America's best classic exciting 1981 blockbuster first installment, in the. Indiana Jones: The Complete Adventure Collection (Raiders of the Lost Ark / Temple of Doom / Last Crusade / Kingdom of the Crystal Skull) Of the Indy novelizations, Raiders of the Lost Ark is probably the most different from the final movie. Changes are inevitable since the author of the novel is. Dr. Henry Walton Jones, Junior was an American archaeologist most famously known as Indiana. RAIDERS OF THE LOST ARK Screenplay by Lawrence Kasdan.