The Lost Patrol

  • Action
  • War
2/16/1934
73
NR

Blistering sun... blazing bullets!

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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  • Geronimo1967

    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 McLaglens 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 different ways. They know that any wrong move will likely leave them fodder for the snipers who killed their captain, but pretty soon their discipline b...

    June 29, 2025

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