Learned that this film was shot entirely on location near Yuma, Arizona with temperatures over 110 degrees. The music was created by Max Steiner and was nominated for an Oscar. This picture was also a remake of an earlier English film in 1929 of the novel. I also noticed there was not a woman in the cast, and no wonder, with all that heat during takes! During the First WW1, a patrol of British cavalrymen find themselves stranded in the Mesopotamian Desert. A veteran sergeant (Victor McLaglen) is in command. They camp at an oasis, and Arabs kill a sentry and steal their horses. It seems they are surrounded by unseen enemies and are killed one by one. The three remaining soldiers are: Morelli (Wallace Ford), the sergeant(McLaglen) and Sanders(Boris Karloff), a religious nut! Karloff goes insane, and creates a makeshift cross and starts across the desert. Karloff as usual has bulging eyes and tormented facial expressions. Boris made this film another great classic. It is a worthwhile enjoyable film to view.
Review of The Lost Patrol
