Product Notes
Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter. During WWII, a U.S. Navy weatherman leads a group of fellow sailors across the Gobi desert after their ship becomes incapacitated from a Japanese attack. He is also forced to rely on the help of Mongol nomads, who are later rewarded for their assistance. 1953/color/90 min/NR/fullscreen.
Product Reviews
An offbeat blend of World War II drama and "Arabian Nights" escapism, Destination Gobi is all the more odd in that it is allegedly based on fact. Richard Widmark heads a group of US Navy men, sent to Mongolia for weather observation. Widmark must lead his men across the treacherous Gobi desert to the freedom of the seacoast. Rescued from the Japanese by a Mongolian chief (Murvyn Vye), the men are compelled to repay their rescuer by securing enough saddles for his sixty horses. A flummoxed Pentagon okays the requisition, and the chieftain leads Widmark's band to Okinawa. Destination Gobi makes good use of the Arizona desert, which "stands in" for Gobi. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Destination Gobi |
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Miscellaneous |
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14 August 2012 |
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Richard Widmark(C.P.O. Sam McHale), Don Taylor(Jenkins), Casey Adams(Walter Landers), Murvyn Vye(Kengtu), Darryl Hickman(Wilbur Cohen) |
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Robert Wise |
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Not Rated |
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DVD |
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382732 |
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024543827320 |
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372667X |
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14 August 2012 |
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TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX ( TCFX ) |
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90 |
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0 : Region-Free |
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Color, Pan and Scan |
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PCM Mono, English |
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Discs:1 ~ Format:Ntsc ~ Region:0 |
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Alvy Moore(Aide), Bert Moorhouse(Naval Captain), Casey Adams(Walter Landers), Darryl Hickman(Wilbur Cohen), Don Taylor(Jenkins), Earl Holliman(Frank Svenson), Edgar Barrier(Yin Tang), Jack Raine(Admiral), Judy Dan, Leonard Strong(Wali Akham), Martin Milner(Elwood Halsey), Murvyn Vye(Kengtu), Richard Widmark(C.P.O. Sam McHale), Rodopho (Rudy) Acosta(Tomec), Ross Bagdasarian, Sr.(Paul Sabatello), Russell Collins(Cmdr. Wyatt), Stuart Randall(Capt. Briggs), William Forrest(Skipper) |
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Art Director:Lewis H. Creber, Art Director:Lyle Wheeler, Cinematographer:Charles G. Clarke, Composer (Music Score):Alfred Newman, Composer (Music Score):Sol Kaplan, Director:Robert Wise, Producer:Stanley Crea Rubin, Screenwriter:Everett Freeman |
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