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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Lost Patrol canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T7853093 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lost Patrol Context triple: [Leslie Fenton, notableWork, The Lost Patrol]
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A.
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 World War I aviation drama film, noted for its depiction of British fighter pilots and featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in a prominent role.
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B.
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol is a pre-dawn hot air balloon launch at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, known for its illuminated balloons glowing against the dark sky.
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C.
The Eagle Has Flown
The Eagle Has Flown is a World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins that continues the story of German commandos following the events of his bestseller The Eagle Has Landed.
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D.
Seven Men at Daybreak
Seven Men at Daybreak is a historical account by Alan Burgess that chronicles the real-life Czechoslovak resistance operation to assassinate Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
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E.
Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: The Lost Patrol Target entity description: 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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A.
The Dawn Patrol
The Dawn Patrol is a 1930 World War I aviation drama film, noted for its depiction of British fighter pilots and featuring Douglas Fairbanks Jr. in a prominent role.
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B.
Dawn Patrol
Dawn Patrol is a pre-dawn hot air balloon launch at the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta, known for its illuminated balloons glowing against the dark sky.
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C.
The Eagle Has Flown
The Eagle Has Flown is a World War II thriller novel by Jack Higgins that continues the story of German commandos following the events of his bestseller The Eagle Has Landed.
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D.
Seven Men at Daybreak
Seven Men at Daybreak is a historical account by Alan Burgess that chronicles the real-life Czechoslovak resistance operation to assassinate Nazi leader Reinhard Heydrich during World War II.
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E.
Victims of Duty
Victims of Duty is an absurdist play by Romanian-French playwright Eugène Ionesco that satirically explores conformity, authority, and the search for meaning through surreal, escalating interrogations.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (37)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| basedOn |
The Lost Patrol (1927 film)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
The Lost Patrol (novel) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOnWorkAuthor | Philip MacDonald NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Harold Wenstrom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| director | John Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | small British patrol under sniper attack ⓘ |
| narrativeLocation | Mesopotamian desert NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | RKO Radio Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1934 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1934 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 73 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Dudley Nichols
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Garrett Fort NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInPeriod | World War I NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Boris Karloff
NERFINISHED
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J. M. Kerrigan NERFINISHED ⓘ Reginald Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ Victor McLaglen NERFINISHED ⓘ Wallace Ford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: The Lost Patrol Description of subject: 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.
Referenced by (4)
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