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The Lost Patrol( 1934)

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Blistering sun... blazing bullets!

Overview

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Victor McLaglen

      The Sergeant

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      Boris Karloff

      Sanders

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      Wallace Ford

      Morelli

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      Reginald Denny

      Brown

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      J.M. Kerrigan

      Quincannon

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      Billy Bevan

      Hale

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      Alan Hale

      Cook

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      Brandon Hurst

      Bell

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      Douglas Walton

      Pearson

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      Sammy Stein

      Abelson

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      Paul Hanson

      MacKay

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      Howard Wilson

      Aviator

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 29 2025
    When the commander of a desert patrol is shot leading his men on a secret mission, nobody left knows where they are supposed to be going but “Sgt. Quincannon” (was it a contractual obligation for Victor McLaglen’s character to be called that?) knows they have to find water and shelter soon. To that end, they head to an oasis where they settle for the night but in the morning discover their horses have been stolen and their sentry killed. Now, with the sun beating down on them and with no idea what they are supposed to be doing now, the psychology of their situation starts to affect each man in ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • sniper
    • middle east
    • ambush
    • world war i
    • british army
    • desert oasis
    • patrol
    • desert
    • pre-code
    • mesopotamia