A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotamian desert when their commanding officer, the only one who knows their destination, is killed by the bullet of unseen bandits. The patrol's sergeant keeps them heading north on the assumption that they will hit their brigade. They stop for the night at an oasis and awaken the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
Directed by John Ford
sniper
middle east
ambush
world war i
british army
desert oasis
patrol
desert
pre-code
mesopotamia
Trailer
IMDB
N/A
Letterboxd
3.4 / 5
Where to Watch
Cast
Victor McLaglen
The Sergeant
Boris Karloff
Sanders
Wallace Ford
Morelli
Reginald Denny
Brown
J.M. Kerrigan
Quincannon
Billy Bevan
Hale
Alan Hale
Cook
Brandon Hurst
Bell
Douglas Walton
Pearson
Sammy Stein
Abelson
Howard Wilson
Aviator
Crew
John Ford
Director
Max Steiner
Original Music Composer
Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
John Ford
Producer
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Popular Reviews
1 review
Fern
2.4★ · 04/16/25
Although i loved to see boris karloff, this just didnt work for me.
Although i loved to see boris karloff, this just didnt work for me.