The last few years haven't been kind to Marion Ravenwood - separating badly from the man she was foolishly, madly in love with at such a young age: Indiana Jones, and having endured the tragic death of her archaeologist father, the esteemed Abner, who'd ultimately leave her near penniless and relatively stranded outside of the US to run a dingy bar in the middle of nowhere, Tibet. Now, however, she's luckily found herself with an opportunity to escape her woes and finally make some good money, via a so-called 'worthless medallion' that once belonged to Abner in his search for the legendary 'Lost Ark of the Covenant'. It's a striking piece with an eerie and uncanny aura about it that soon brings more trouble, danger and 'wrath of god' incident than even she could ever think possible!
Rising star stage and screen actress, Karen Allen, having nearly turned the film down originally, proved a spectacular casting choice to play the sassy, spiky yet vulnerable and heroic Marion, lover, capable equal and comrade to Indiana Jones in Raiders of the Lost Ark, of which, with her showcase performance and a great script to work on from Lawrence Kasdan, the actress/character rightly remains the franchise heroine opposite its lead star in Harrison Ford.
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