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John Ford Season: The Lost Patrol

BBC Two
on BBC Two England

starring
Victor McLaglen , Boris Karloff
Mesopotamia 1917 - small group of British cavalrymen are lost in the desert following the death of their one remaining officer. The men, led by a sergeant, are gradually decimated by Arab snipers or driven to insanity and hallucination by the scorching sun and lack of water. Yet their fellow cavalrymen cannot be far away ...
Screenplay by DUDLEY NICHOLS , GARRETT FORD from the novel Petrol by PHILIP MACDONALD Produced by MERIAL c. COOPER
Directed by JOHN FORD. Films: page 9 Black and white

Contributors

Unknown:
Victor McLaglen
Unknown:
Dudley Nichols
Unknown:
Garrett Ford
Unknown:
Philip MacDonald
Directed By:
John Ford.
Sergeant:
Victor McLaglen
Sanders:
Boris Karloff
Morelli:
Wallace Ford
Brown:
Reginald Denny
Quincannon:
J M Kerrigan
Hale:
Billy Bevan
Cook:
Alan Hale
Bell:
Brandon Hurst
Source: Radio Times

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