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The Lost Patrol (1934)

★ 6.8Approved74 minDirector: John Ford

1934 film by John Ford

The Lost Patrol is a 1934 American pre-Code war film by RKO, directed and produced by John Ford, with Merian C. Cooper as executive producer and Cliff Reid as associate producer from a screenplay by Dudley Nichols from the 1927 novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. Max Steiner provided the Oscar-nominated score. The film, a remake of a 1929 British silent film, starred Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J. M. Kerrigan and Alan Hale.

MacDonald's story, and the 1936 Soviet film The Thirteen (set in the Central Asia desert during the Basmachi rebellion and directed by Mikhail Romm), inspired the 1943 film Sahara, featuring Humphrey Bogart.

Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What is The Lost Patrol about?
The Lost Patrol (1934) — A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotomian 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 briga
Is The Lost Patrol based on a true story?
See the production background and source material details on the official Wikipedia article.
Is The Lost Patrol scary?
Content rating: Approved. See the reviews tab for parental guidance and tone notes.