The Lost Patrol

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.

Cast

Victor McLaglen

Victor McLaglen

as The Sergeant

Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff

as Sanders

Wallace Ford

Wallace Ford

as Morelli

Reginald Denny

Reginald Denny

as Brown

J.M. Kerrigan

J.M. Kerrigan

as Quincannon

Billy Bevan

Billy Bevan

as Hale

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

as Cook

Brandon Hurst

Brandon Hurst

as Bell

Douglas Walton

Douglas Walton

as Pearson

Sammy Stein

Sammy Stein

as Abelson

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 ...

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