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The Lost Patrol

1934 · 73 min

A tense, gritty siege in the desert that slowly wears you down with dread and isolation.

Directed by
John Ford
Genres
Action, War
Starring
Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford
Tagline
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.

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Directed by
John Ford
Genres
Action, War
Starring
Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • madness
  • war
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • single location
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror5
Humour3
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
action, war
Directed by
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Written by
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Starring
Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J.M. Kerrigan, Billy Bevan, Alan Hale, Brandon Hurst
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
73 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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