Im Jahr 1944 betreiben Spezialisten der US Navy eine Wetterstation in der Wüste Gobi, wo sie von japanischen Kampfflugzeugen bedrängt, aber von einheimischen mongolischen Nomaden unterstützt... Alles lesenIm Jahr 1944 betreiben Spezialisten der US Navy eine Wetterstation in der Wüste Gobi, wo sie von japanischen Kampfflugzeugen bedrängt, aber von einheimischen mongolischen Nomaden unterstützt werden.Im Jahr 1944 betreiben Spezialisten der US Navy eine Wetterstation in der Wüste Gobi, wo sie von japanischen Kampfflugzeugen bedrängt, aber von einheimischen mongolischen Nomaden unterstützt werden.
- Walter Landers
- (as Casey Adams)
- Yin Tang
- (Nicht genannt)
- Capt. Gates
- (Nicht genannt)
- Admiral
- (Nicht genannt)
- Quartermaster General
- (Nicht genannt)
- Pilot
- (Nicht genannt)
- Frank Swenson
- (Nicht genannt)
- Lieutenant
- (Nicht genannt)
Handlung
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- WissenswertesNixon and Fallon, NV were both used as location sites, and Paiute Indians residing on a reservation in Nixon played Mongol extras.
- PatzerMcHale claims that "Gobi Desert" means "wall of spears." Actually, "Gobi" is the Mongolian word for "desert."
- Zitate
[Walter flirts successfully with a Mongolian woman]
Jenkins: Well, looks like you made a hit, Walter my boy. Tell me, how do you do it?
Walter Landers: My training as a meterorologist. I can take one look at a girl and tell weather.
- Crazy CreditsOpening credits prologue: In the Navy records in Washington, there is an obscure entry reading "Saddles for Gobi."
This film is based on the story behind that entry--one of the strangest stories of World War II.
- VerbindungenEdited into All This and World War II (1976)
The interesting thing here is that, what starts off as a routine mission involving U.S. Navy personnel operating in a desert weather station, develops into a story of survival – as, following an aerial attack by the Japanese, the remaining members of the outfit trek towards the sea in an attempt to reach the Navy base on duty at Okinawa. Ironically, both the studio (Fox) and the star involved had already made a film about that campaign – Lewis Milestone’s HALLS OF MONTEZUMA (1950), which I’d watched on Italian TV but may check out again now (on DVD-R) as part of my ongoing Widmark tribute.
Amidst the typical camaraderie, the men suffer the elements, manage an unexpected alliance with a horde of Mongols (achieved by procuring the latter with saddles for their horses requisitioned from the U.S.!), are conned by a shady camel merchant, apparently betrayed to the Japanese forces by the Mongols themselves (though it transpires that the latter’s internment camp is actually close to the seashore) and then fight off the enemy on a ramshackle river boat. In the end, it’s certainly watchable and efficiently enough handled – but, as I said, the material per se isn’t inspiring enough to bring out the best from the talents involved…
- Bunuel1976
- 2. Apr. 2008
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- Budget
- 1.340.000 $ (geschätzt)
- Laufzeit1 Stunde 30 Minuten
- Farbe
- Seitenverhältnis
- 1.37 : 1