Lost Patrol (1929 film)
Lost Patrol is a 1929 British silent war film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cyril McLaglen, Sam Wilkinson and Terence Collier.[2] The film was made at Welwyn Studios by British Instructional Films. It was based on the 1927 novel Patrol by Philip MacDonald. It was remade in 1934 by John Ford.
| Lost Patrol | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Walter Summers |
| Produced by | Harry Bruce Woolfe |
| Written by | Philip MacDonald (novel) Walter Summers |
| Starring | Cyril McLaglen Sam Wilkinson Terence Collier Arthur B. Woods |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Fox Film Corporation |
Release date | February 1929 |
Running time | 7,250 feet[1] |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | Silent English intertitles |
Synopsis
During the First World War, a hard-pressed British patrol in the deserts of Mesopotamia come under attack from the enemy. Gradually they are picked off one by one.
Cast
- Cyril McLaglen as The Sergeant
- Sam Wilkinson as Sanders
- Terence Collier as Corporal Bell
- Arthur B. Woods as Lieutenant Hawkins
- Hamilton Keene as Morelli
- Fred Dyer as Abelson
- Charles Emerald as Hale
- Andrew McMaster as Brown
- James Watts as Cook
- John Valentine as Mackay
References
- Low p.402
- The Lost Patrol (1929) Archived 18 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at British Film Institute
Bibliography
- Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.
External links
Lost Patrol at IMDb
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