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Summary
A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Pure escapism
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 56
Letterboxd · 307 ratings3.2/5
IMDb6.3
Audience score36%
Running time
1 h 30 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 war movies, −28 min on the typical 118
typical 11890Half of all war movies run 103–135 min.
Reach
Streams in 3 countries, rent or buy in 6 more
Released
1953
March 20, 1953
73 years ago
Genres
WarAdventureDramaLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesLittle or none
- Frightening scenesLittle or none
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesMild
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightIntergenerationalPartner WatchPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchTeensPure EscapismThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 16 more20 people
- Richard WidmarkSam McHale
- Don TaylorJenkins
- Max ShowalterWalter Landers
- Murvyn VyeKengtu
- Darryl HickmanWilbur "Coney" Cohen
- Martin MilnerElwood Halsey
- Ross BagdasarianPaul Sabatello
- Judy DanNura-Salu
Rodolfo AcostaTomec
Russell CollinsHobart Wyatt
Leonard StrongWali-Akhun
Edgar BarrierYin Tang (uncredited)
Willis BoucheyCapt. Gates (uncredited)- JCJames ConatyAdmiral (uncredited)
Franklyn FarnumQuartermaster General (uncredited)
Alvy MooreAide, Argus HQ (uncredited)
Bert MoorhouseCapt. J.E. Mayberry (uncredited)
Stuart RandallCapt. Briggs (uncredited)
Earl HollimanFrank Swenson (uncredited)
Richard LooCommanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp (uncredited)
Directing · 1
- Robert Wise Director
Writing · 2
- Everett Freeman Screenplay
- Edmund G. Love Story
Production · 1
- Stanley Rubin Producer
Camera · 1
- Charles G. Clarke Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Robert Fritch Editor
Sound · 1
- Sol Kaplan Original Music Composer
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