The Lost Patrol

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The Lost Patrol is a 1934 American war drama film directed by John Ford, following a stranded British Army unit in the Mesopotamian desert during World War I.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
basedOn The Lost Patrol (1927 film)
The Lost Patrol (novel)
linked to: The Lost Patrol
basedOnWorkAuthor Philip MacDonald
cinematographyBy Harold Wenstrom
countryOfOrigin United States
director John Ford
distributor RKO Radio Pictures
filmFormat black-and-white
follows stranded British Army unit
genre drama
war
war drama
hasTheme fatalism
isolation in combat
psychological strain of warfare
language English
musicBy Max Steiner
narrativeFocus small British patrol under sniper attack
narrativeLocation Mesopotamian desert
linked to: Syrian Desert
notableFor early collaboration between John Ford and Max Steiner
portrayal of World War I desert warfare
originalLanguage English
partOf American pre-Code cinema era
producer Merian C. Cooper
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures
publicationDate 1934
releaseYear 1934
runtimeMinutes 73
screenwriter Dudley Nichols
Garrett Fort
setInPeriod World War I
stars Boris Karloff
J. M. Kerrigan
Reginald Denny
Victor McLaglen
Wallace Ford

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Leslie Fenton notableWork The Lost Patrol
Philip MacDonald wroteScreenplayFor The Lost Patrol
Jack Pennick appearedIn The Lost Patrol
Wallace Ford notableWork The Lost Patrol
The Lost Patrol basedOn The Lost Patrol (novel)
linked to: The Lost Patrol
William John Duncan Dempster notableFor search for the Lost Patrol
linked to: The Lost Patrol