The Jewel of the Nile is a 1985 American action-adventure romantic comedy film directed by Lewis Teague and produced by Michael Douglas, who also starred in the lead role, reuniting with co-stars Kathleen Turner and Danny DeVito, reprising their roles from the 1984 action-adventure film Romancing the Stone.

While moored at a port in Southern France, Joan, suffering writer's block, wants to return to New York, while Jack prefers sailing the world on his boat.

Joan soon discovers that Omar is a brutal dictator rather than the enlightened ruler which he claimed will unite the Arab world.

[Note 1] Al-Julhara tells Joan that Omar plans to declare himself ruler of all of the Arab world at a ceremony in the city of Kadir.

In Kadir, Omar intends to use a smoke-and-mirror special effect to convince onlookers that he is the prophet who will unite the Arab world.

Ralph, using a giant crane, helps Jack reach Joan, he kicks Omar into the flames, killing him.

[9] At one point during pre-production, Turner tried to back out of the project because she found the script "terrible, formulaic, sentimental", until 20th Century Fox threatened her with a $25 million lawsuit for breach of contract.

After one massive night scene that was hours in setup, and cast and crew in place, it was only then that someone noticed that there was no film in the cameras.

As producer, Michael Douglas exploded; the whole scene had to be re-filmed another day, only after the raw film stock was finally located.

[14] The use of a General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon mockup was a key element of the main characters' escaping from a fortified town.

[15] As with the first film, the novelization of the sequel was credited to Joan Wilder, the character played by Kathleen Turner; both books were actually ghostwritten by Catherine Lanigan.

The New York Times opened its review by writing, "There's nothing in The Jewel of the Nile that wasn't funnier or more fanciful in Romancing the Stone.

"It seems clear," he wrote, "that they like each other and are having fun during the parade of ludicrous situations in the movie, and their chemistry is sometimes more entertaining than the contrivances of the plot.

The critical consensus reads: "The sense of romantic spark has waned and the prevalence of stereotypes has grown in Jewel of the Nile, although there is still plenty of swooning action for fans of the first adventure.

In The Crimson Eagle, Jack and Joan take their two teenage kids to Thailand where they are blackmailed into stealing a priceless statue.