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The Lost Patrol

Blistering sun... blazing bullets!

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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.

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

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Director

John Ford

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR16 Feb 1934

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The Lost Patrol was released on 16 February 1934.

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    CinemaSerf

    6/29/2025

    7/10

    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…

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