The Lost Patrol
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.
Plot
During World War I, the young lieutenant in charge of a small British mounted patrol in the empty Mesopotamian desert is shot and killed by an unseen sniper. This leaves the sergeant at a loss, since he had not been told what their mission is and has no idea where they are. Riding north in the hope of rejoining their brigade, the eleven remaining men reach a deserted oasis where they find water, edible dates, and shelter.
Awards
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| author | Dudley Nichols |
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| award | National Board of Review: Top Ten Films |
| contentLocation | Mesopotamia |
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Paul Weatherwax |
| genre | adventure |
| keywords | arab biplane british british army burn dead man end kill machine machine gun mirage mutilate one by one religious fanatic rid strand suffer think warn world war i wound |
| musicBy | Max Steiner |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment |
| producer | Cliff Reid John Ford Merian C. Cooper |
| publisher | RKO Pictures |
| recordedAt | Yuma Desert |
| theme | silent war |