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Legend of the Lost

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6.2/10 • 60

1957-12-171h 49m

Adventure

Wayne Tangles with Loren...In the Adventure that's Hotter than 1000 Suns!

American ne'er-do-well Joe January is hired to take Paul Bonnard on an expedition into the desert in search of treasure.

Directors
Henry Hathaway
Editors
Bert Bates

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  1. John Wayne

    John Wayne

    Joe January

  2. Sophia Loren

    Sophia Loren

    Dita

  3. Rossano Brazzi

    Rossano Brazzi

    Paul Bonnard

  4. Kurt Kasznar

    Kurt Kasznar

    Prefect Dukas

  5. Sonia Moser

    Sonia Moser

    Girl

  6. Angela Portaluri

    Angela Portaluri

    Girl

  7. Ibrahim El Hadish

    Ibrahim El Hadish

    Galli Galli

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Wuchak

May 14, 2022

6/10

Saharan quest to a lost city with John Wayne and Sophia Loren A no-nonsense guide in Timbuktu (Wayne) agrees to take a man (Rossano Brazzi) to find ancient ruins his father claimed existed. A voluptuous woman of dubious reputation joins the expedition (Loren), which naturally affects both men. "Legend of the Lost" (1957) is a desert adventure with amusing dramatics that no doubt influenced the Indiana Jones flicks of the 80s, but not as much as Charlton Heston’s “Secret of the Incas” (1954). Whilst some of the altercations during the journey seem manufactured, I’ve traveled with actual people who constantly create this kind of drama, so it’s not exactly unrealistic. Other than Wayne and Sophia in the cast, the best feature is the actual Saharan locations, especially the ruins of Leptis Magna (which in real-life is located an hour’s drive east from Tripoli on the coast). The weak link is the dubious transformation of a certain character, which isn’t properly resolved or adequately explained. In ways this reminded me of a Conan desert yarn, just minus the sword & sorcery. The film runs 1 hour, 49 minutes, and was shot in Libya (Zliten, Leptis Magna, Libyan Desert, etc.) with studio stuff done in Rome, which is due north across the Mediterranean Sea. GRADE: B-

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$1,750,000.00
Revenue
$2,200,000.00
Keywords
prostituteparent child relationshipgreedwildernesstreasure huntsahara desertlost city