MUMBAI: Hallmark is looking at the adventure genre to hook viewers. It will air a sprawling version of H Rider Haggard's classic novel King Solomon's Mines.

The four-hour film airs in two parts on 23 and 24 September at 9.45 pm. This story revolves around safari hunter Allan Quatermain played by Patrick Swayze of Ghost fame. He has given up the life of an adventurer, vowing to leave the natural splendor of Africa to its own people and leave its destruction to the likes of his mercenary former partner, Bruce McNabb .

However, Quatermain accepts an handsome offer to lead an expedition to find a woman's missing father. He had disappeared in Africa while searching for the infamous King Solomon's Mines.

Quatermain knows that no-one who has dared to seek the treasure has ever returned alive. But for him and his game comrade of the jungle, Sir Henry played by Ian Roberts, The Power of One, no challenge is too great or too dangerous.

The film is a part of Hallmark's ongoing programme initiative Marathon. It comprises 54 hours of mini series featuring 19 different stories.