The Lost Patrol
1934 · directed by John Ford
- Rating
- 80/100
- Hit
- yes
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 (1934), directed by John Ford, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Victor McLaglen
- Boris Karloff
- Wallace Ford
- Reginald Denny
- J.M. Kerrigan
- Billy Bevan
- Alan Hale
- Brandon Hurst
- Douglas Walton
- Sammy Stein
Crew
- Harold Wenstrom — Director of Photography
- Paul Weatherwax — Editor
- Max Steiner — Original Music Composer
- Dudley Nichols — Screenplay
More from John Ford
- Stagecoach (1939) — 97/100 · hit
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) — 96/100 · hit
- The Searchers (1956) — 96/100 · hit
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) — 89/100 · hit
- My Darling Clementine (1946) — 86/100 · hit
- How Green Was My Valley (1941) — 85/100 · hit
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