The Lost Patrol
1934 · 73 MIN · IMDB 6.8 · 3,741 VOTES · DIR. John Ford
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 818 lines
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00:02:40 Right through the lung.
00:05:01 I'm sorry, Sergeant, but that's not the entire service.
00:08:24 - You're a fool, Pearson. - Yes, sir.
00:11:34 Maybe and maybe not. Maybe it is Arabs.
00:14:38 what we're here for, or where we're going.
00:16:31 - You'll learn. - Thank you, sir.
00:18:18 I think I'll give you a whack at sentry-go tonight. Will do you good.
00:20:43 Now, if I was one of those sneaking Arabs, I'd have cut your throat by now.
00:22:28 How about your mother?
00:27:13 Whose fault is it the horses are gone?
00:29:03 Ah, man, Topper...
00:30:55 You must have faith.
00:32:41 Get inside.
00:34:39 That's a boy!
00:37:39 If Matlow goes, I go with him.
00:39:47 No sweating on the way.
00:45:49 Quick, lend us a hand. We gotta get them out of here.
00:48:20 He said goodbye to me.
00:50:31 Yes, that's it.
00:53:01 So we stick in a slack wire dance for Jessie.
00:54:51 That's what I've been fighting for.
00:58:13 Better if it wasn't there.
01:00:15 Try and start it?
01:04:46 Stop walking, will you!
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed818
Dialogue density11.2 lines / min
First line00:02:40
Final line01:04:46
Production Record
DirectorJohn Ford
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes3,741