Lost Patrol (1929 film)

Lost Patrol
Directed by	Walter Summers
Written by	Philip MacDonald (novel) Walter Summers
Produced by	Harry Bruce Woolfe
Starring	Cyril McLaglen Sam Wilkinson Terence Collier Arthur B. Woods
Production company	British Instructional Films
Distributed by	Fox Film Corporation
Release date	February 1929
Running time	7,250 feet
Country	United Kingdom
Languages	Silent English intertitles

For other uses, see The Lost Patrol (disambiguation).

Lost Patrol is a 1929 British silent war film directed by Walter Summers and starring Cyril McLaglen, Sam Wilkinson and Terence Collier. 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.

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

Bibliography

• Low, Rachel. The History of British Film: Volume IV, 1918–1929. Routledge, 1997.

External links

Lost Patrol at IMDb