The Lost Patrol (1934) - Ford

Best Quote: The Sergeant: Yeah, I know what you're thinkin'. Perhaps I've done everything wrong! Perhaps this and perhaps that! But what I've done I've done, and what I haven't, I haven't!

Good little war film set during the 1917 Mesopotamia Campaign. A Desert patrol is ambushed, and the Sargent (Victor McLaglen) leads the patrol to an oasis to await rescue. While waiting they battle the desert and unseen enemy snipers. Boris Karloff and Wallace Ford lend support. Fast paced little movie (72 minutes) but it's more of a character study than an "action" film Ford's direction is masterly. For the most part the acting is excellent, the only off-note is Karloff as a "religious fanatic" - who seems out of place in a realistic film Rating **1/2