{"id":74560,"date":"2021-07-29T11:00:52","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T18:00:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74560"},"modified":"2021-07-29T21:15:17","modified_gmt":"2021-07-30T04:15:17","slug":"lost-patrol-the-1934","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74560","title":{"rendered":"Lost Patrol, The (1934)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what I know: nothing. I don&#8217;t know where we are, I don&#8217;t know where we&#8217;re going.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster-200x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-74561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster-682x1024.png 682w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster-85x128.png 85w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster-180x270.png 180w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Poster.png 741w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nDuring World War I, a sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes leadership of his patrol &#8212; including Morelli (Wallace Brown), Pearson (Douglas Walton), Brown (Reginald Denny), McKay (Paul Hanson), Cook (Alan Hale), and religious fanatic Sanders (Boris Karloff) &#8212; when their lead officer is shot by an unseen Arab; meanwhile, more bullets continue to kill off members of their group one by one.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Alan Hale Films<\/li>\n<li>Boris Karloff Films<\/li>\n<li>Deserts <\/li>\n<li>John Ford Films<\/li>\n<li>Survival<\/li>\n<li>Victor McLaglen Films<\/li>\n<li>World War One<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Response to Peary\u2019s Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nPeary writes that this &#8220;exciting John Ford adventure-character study about a British military regiment that gets lost in the Mesopotamian desert during WWI&#8221; and suffers &#8220;from heat and lack of water&#8221; as they&#8217;re &#8220;picked off one at a time by Arabs&#8221; is a &#8220;prototypical Ford film in that it vividly depicts men in relationship to a hostile environment and in conflict with one another as to how to combat their circumstances,&#8221; and allows us to see &#8220;how the various men react to their hopeless situation.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-1024x751.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"469\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-1024x751.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-300x220.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-128x94.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-768x563.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying-368x270.png 368w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Lying.png 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He notes that &#8220;these themes are most evident in [Ford&#8217;s] westerns&#8221; and that this film is &#8220;very similar to <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=31993\"><em>Stagecoach<\/em><\/a> in that it also intermingles dialogue scenes with sequences that rely strictly on visuals and music (Max Steiner won an Oscar) and recall the silent cinema.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Arabs.png 1386w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He calls out the &#8220;strong characterizations, especially by Victor McLaglen as the sergeant&#8221; (McLaglen has never been sexier): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Sexy2.png 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; &#8220;and Boris Karloff as a skinny religious fanatic who goes insane in the intense heat&#8221; (though Karloff overplays his role): <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-1024x764.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"478\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-1024x764.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-300x224.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-768x573.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2-362x270.png 362w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Karloff2.png 1385w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ford builds tremendous tension by not showing the shooters until the very end; bullets seem to come literally out of nowhere, ensuring we understand that this group is trapped between a rock and a hard place. A particularly heart-wrenching moment comes when a bi-plane lands nearby and the cheery British pilot is about to rescue them but barely makes it a few steps from his plane before being shot dead, despite vain attempts by the soldiers to prevent him from moving forth.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-1024x761.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"476\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-1024x761.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-768x571.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down-363x270.png 363w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Shot-Down.png 1393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Steiner&#8217;s score is used to particularly jarring effect in this sequence. Despite its utterly bleak setting and narrative, this film remains surprisingly engaging and is well worth a look. It would make a good double bill with Zoltan Korda&#8217;s WWII-era desert survival flick, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74464\"><em>Sahara<\/em> (1943)<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Peary points out that &#8220;in some ways [this film] predates <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=44683\"><em>Aguirre: The Wrath of God<\/em><\/a>,&#8221; which is an intriguing if not entirely apt comparison.  <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Victor McLaglen as the Sergeant<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-McLaglen-Ford.png 1381w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Fine location shooting in Yuma, Arizona<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-1024x760.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"475\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-1024x760.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-300x223.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-768x570.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Desert.png 1379w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Harold Wenstrom&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-1024x759.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"474\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-74564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-1024x759.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-300x222.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-128x95.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-768x569.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross-364x270.png 364w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Lost-Patrol-Cross.png 1391w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Max Steiner&#8217;s score<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a tight little survival flick. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0025423\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.combustiblecelluloid.com\/classic\/lost_patrol.shtml\">Combustible Celluloid Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s2013ford.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/pre-code.com\/lost-patrol-1934-victor-mclaglen-boris-karloff\/\">Pre-Code Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-lost-patrol\/review\/2030009751\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/historyonfilm.com\/lost-patrol\/\">History on Film Overview<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.afi.com\/Film\/6405-THE-LOST-PATROL?cxt=filmography\">AFI Article<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tcm.com\/tcmdb\/title\/794\/the-lost-patrol#articles-reviews?articleId=81888\">TCM Article<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I&#8217;ll tell you what I know: nothing. I don&#8217;t know where we are, I don&#8217;t know where we&#8217;re going.&#8221; Synopsis: During World War I, a sergeant (Victor McLaglen) takes leadership of his patrol &#8212; including Morelli (Wallace Brown), Pearson (Douglas Walton), Brown (Reginald Denny), McKay (Paul Hanson), Cook (Alan Hale), and religious fanatic Sanders (Boris Karloff) &#8212; when their lead officer is shot by an unseen Arab; meanwhile, more bullets continue to kill off members of their group one by&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=74560\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74560","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-responses-to-peary"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74560","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=74560"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74560\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":74611,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74560\/revisions\/74611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74560"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74560"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74560"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}