The Lost Patrol (1934)
Released: 16 Feb 1934
Runtime: 73 min
Rated: PASSED
Director: John Ford
Writer(s): Dudley Nichols (screen play), Garrett Fort (adaptation), Philip MacDonald (from the story "Patrol" by)
Actors: Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny
Awards: Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
IMDB Ratings: 7.0
Plot: 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 awake the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
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