<P> The second film , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) is set in 1935 , a year before Raiders of the Lost Ark . Indiana escapes Chinese gangsters with the help of singer / actress Willie Scott ( Kate Capshaw ) and his twelve - year - old sidekick Short Round ( Jonathan Ke Quan ) . The trio crash - land in India , where they come across a village whose children have been kidnapped . A destructive cult led by Mola Ram ( Amrish Puri ) has also taken the holy Sankara Stones , which they will use to take over the world . Indiana manages to overcome Mola Ram 's evil power , rescues the children and returns the stones to their rightful place , overcoming his own mercenary nature . </P>
<P> The second film , Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom ( 1984 ) is set in 1935 , a year before Raiders of the Lost Ark . Indiana escapes Chinese gangsters with the help of singer / actress Willie Scott ( Kate Capshaw ) and his twelve - year - old sidekick Short Round ( Jonathan Ke Quan ) . The trio crash - land in India , where they come across a village whose children have been kidnapped . A destructive cult led by Mola Ram ( Amrish Puri ) has also taken the holy Sankara Stones , which they will use to take over the world . Indiana manages to overcome Mola Ram 's evil power , rescues the children and returns the stones to their rightful place , overcoming his own mercenary nature . </P>
when does the second indiana jones movie take place
when does the second indiana jones movie take place
1935
1935