The Lost Patrol

The Lost Patrol

73 mins | Action, War | Feb. 16, 1934

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.

The Lost Patrol

73 mins | Action, War | Feb. 16, 1934

The Lost Patrol
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers RKO Radio Pictures
Original title The Lost Patrol
Directors W. Argyle Nelson, John Ford
Writers Garrett Fort, Dudley Nichols, Philip MacDonald

Cast

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

Paul Hanson

as MacKay

Howard Wilson

as Aviator