The Lost Patrol Page #5

Synopsis: A World War I British Army patrol is crossing the Mesopotomian 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 awake the next morning to find their horses stolen, their sentry dead, the oasis surrounded and survival difficult.
Genre: Adventure, War
Director(s): John Ford
Production: Media Home Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.9
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
PASSED
Year:
1934
73 min
126 Views


Some are, some ain't.

- They'll get us all right.

- Yeah, but we'll get them, too, see.

That's all I want now.

That's the only idea I've got in here.

See, I'm thinking, Morelli.

That's all I've been doing.

All day and all night.

Thinking, thinking.

I've got an idea.

We're going out there, you and me.

Try and start it?

Don't be crazy. I said an idea.

I'll leave this behind.

- You stay here and cover me.

- Wait a minute, Sarge...

- I'll go along with you.

- You stay here.

No, Sarge.

I can tell you, I'm scared...

scared of being alone, the last man,

no one to talk to.

I'd go bug-house like him.

I couldn't stand it.

All right.

Leave it here. Come along.

- Leave it?

- Yes, I said leave it.

Come on.

Halt!

Sergeant Clegg.

What do you make that out to be?

Fire of some sort, sir.

How far do you think?

Five or six hours, sir.

Forward march!

Sergeant! Sergeant!

I thought I saw something

moving out there!

Couldn't have been though, huh?

I'm getting jumpy.

No. No, it ain't that, Sarge.

I'm scared. Scared of being alone.

Scared to be the last man,

I gotta talk to somebody!

Well, we're alone now.

He's gone.

- Sanders?

- Yes.

Morelli, look!

Sanders, come on back here! Sanders!

Morelli!

Sanders, don't stick

your head up there!

Sanders, what's wrong with you?

Morelli, come back! Let him go!

Stop walking, will you!

Come on, you swine!

Come and get me now!

Come and get me! Come on. Come on.

Come on, you swine!

Come on! Come on!

Quincannon, I got them!

Quincannon, Brown!

There they are! I got them!

Morelli, Pearson! Pearson, Morelli!

McKay, look! Look at them! l...

Full halt!

Been looking for you, Sergeant.

Where are your men?

Speak up, man. Where's your section?

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Dudley Nichols

Dudley Nichols (April 6, 1895 – January 4, 1960) was an American screenwriter and director. more…

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