The Lost Patrol
1934 · Movie · NR · 73 min · ★ 6.6
A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
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Details
- Years
- 1934
- Release date
- 1934-02-16
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 73 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.6/10 (76 votes)
- Budget
- $254,000
Themes
- sniper
- middle east
- ambush
- world war i
- british army
- desert oasis
- patrol
- desert
- pre-code
- mesopotamia
Awards & recognition
- National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
- Academy Award — Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment · 1935 · nominated
Cast & crew
Victor McLaglen
as The Sergeant
Boris Karloff
as Sanders
Wallace Ford
as Morelli
Reginald Denny
as Brown
J.M. Kerrigan
as Quincannon
Billy Bevan
as Hale
Alan Hale
as Cook
Brandon Hurst
as Bell
Douglas Walton
as Pearson
Sammy Stein
as Abelson
Directed by John Ford