
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.
Cast
Crew

John Ford
Director, Producer
Garrett Fort
Adaptation
Dudley Nichols
Screenplay
Philip MacDonald
Story
Paul Weatherwax
Editor
Harold Wenstrom
Director of Photography
W. Argyle Nelson
Assistant Director

Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
Cliff Reid
Associate Producer

Max Steiner
Original Music Composer

Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Sidney Ullman
Art Direction
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