Destination Gobi (1953)
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Edgar Barrier, Leonard Strong
Synopsis:
In the closing months of WW2, a naval petty officer is assigned to steward a weather station in the Gobi desert, but they soon have trouble with Japanese spotter planes and fickle Mongolian tribesmen.
Review:
Unpretentious Fox flag-waver with a unique subject matter. A few months later and it would have had Cinemascope foisted upon it and you could have said goodbye to the former quality. As it is, Widmark doesn't shout too much and the location work is a creditable attempt to make the Mojave desert approximate to what one imagines the Gobi might look like, with its oases. There is a subtext around communication and trust across racial divides (the Chinaman expresses himself very well, but is treacherous; the Mongolians have repeatedly to prove their good faith, despite saving the men's necks at least once). That said, the action heroics are decidedly hokey, with bullets and bombs hitting their targets subject to convenience.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Edgar Barrier, Leonard Strong
Synopsis:
In the closing months of WW2, a naval petty officer is assigned to steward a weather station in the Gobi desert, but they soon have trouble with Japanese spotter planes and fickle Mongolian tribesmen.
Review:
Unpretentious Fox flag-waver with a unique subject matter. A few months later and it would have had Cinemascope foisted upon it and you could have said goodbye to the former quality. As it is, Widmark doesn't shout too much and the location work is a creditable attempt to make the Mojave desert approximate to what one imagines the Gobi might look like, with its oases. There is a subtext around communication and trust across racial divides (the Chinaman expresses himself very well, but is treacherous; the Mongolians have repeatedly to prove their good faith, despite saving the men's necks at least once). That said, the action heroics are decidedly hokey, with bullets and bombs hitting their targets subject to convenience.
Country: US
Technical: col 90m
Director: Robert Wise
Cast: Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Edgar Barrier, Leonard Strong
Synopsis:
In the closing months of WW2, a naval petty officer is assigned to steward a weather station in the Gobi desert, but they soon have trouble with Japanese spotter planes and fickle Mongolian tribesmen.
Review:
Unpretentious Fox flag-waver with a unique subject matter. A few months later and it would have had Cinemascope foisted upon it and you could have said goodbye to the former quality. As it is, Widmark doesn't shout too much and the location work is a creditable attempt to make the Mojave desert approximate to what one imagines the Gobi might look like, with its oases. There is a subtext around communication and trust across racial divides (the Chinaman expresses himself very well, but is treacherous; the Mongolians have repeatedly to prove their good faith, despite saving the men's necks at least once). That said, the action heroics are decidedly hokey, with bullets and bombs hitting their targets subject to convenience.