<P> The first installment in the Indiana Jones film franchise , it stars Harrison Ford as archaeologist Indiana Jones , who battles a group of Nazis searching for the Ark of the Covenant . It co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana 's former lover , Marion Ravenwood ; Paul Freeman as Indiana 's rival , French archaeologist René Belloq ; John Rhys - Davies as Indiana 's sidekick , Sallah ; Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht ; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana 's colleague , Marcus Brody . </P>
<P> The first installment in the Indiana Jones film franchise , it stars Harrison Ford as archaeologist Indiana Jones , who battles a group of Nazis searching for the Ark of the Covenant . It co-stars Karen Allen as Indiana 's former lover , Marion Ravenwood ; Paul Freeman as Indiana 's rival , French archaeologist René Belloq ; John Rhys - Davies as Indiana 's sidekick , Sallah ; Ronald Lacey as Gestapo agent Arnold Toht ; and Denholm Elliott as Indiana 's colleague , Marcus Brody . </P>
what is indiana jones looking for in raiders of the lost ark
what is indiana jones looking for in raiders of the lost ark
the Ark of the Covenant
the Ark of the Covenant