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The Lost Patrol (1934 film)

The Lost Patrol
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Original theatrical poster
Directed by John Ford
Produced by Merian C. Cooper
Cliff Reid
John Ford
Written by Garrett Fort
Philip MacDonald
Dudley Nichols
Starring Victor McLaglen
Boris Karloff
Music by Max Steiner
Cinematography Harold Wenstrom
Edited by Paul Weatherwax
Distributed by RKO Radio Pictures
Release date
February 16, 1934 (1934-02-16)
Running time
73 minutes
Country United States
Language English
Budget $262,000
Box office $583,000

The Lost Patrol is a 1934 American pre-Code war film made by RKO. It was directed and produced by John Ford, with Merian C. Cooper as executive producer and Cliff Reid as associate producer. The screenplay was by Dudley Nichols, adapted by Garrett Fort from the novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. The music score was by Max Steiner and the cinematography by Harold Wenstrom. The film is a remake of a 1929 British silent film, also named The Lost Patrol.

The earlier film was directed and written by Walter Summers and is based on the same novel. The Lost Patrol stars Victor McLaglen, Boris Karloff, Wallace Ford, Reginald Denny, J. M. Kerrigan and Alan Hale.

The Lost Patrol was reprised in a number of films, the script was the basis for the 1936 Soviet film The Thirteen, set by director Mikhail Romm in the Central Asia desert during the Basmachi rebellion. This Soviet film was then adapted in Sahara, featuring Humphrey Bogart and the 1995 remake featuring James Belushi. Last of the Comanches is a Western remake from 1953.


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