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Destination Gobi is a 1953 American Technicolor World War II film released by 20th Century-Fox. It was produced by Stanley Rubin, directed by Robert Wise (his first color feature film), and stars Richard Widmark and Don Taylor.
Destination Gobi: Directed by Robert Wise. With Richard Widmark, Don Taylor, Max Showalter, Murvyn Vye. In 1944, US Navy specialists run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads.
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- Adventure, Drama, War
- Robert Wise
- 1953-05-11
In November 1944, Chief Bosun's Mate Sam McHale is aghast to learn that he is being transferred from his beloved aircraft carrier to a Navy-operated weather station in the Gobi Desert in Inner Mongolia.
- Robert Wise
- Richard Widmark
A group of US Navy weathermen taking measurements in the Gobi desert in World War II are forced to seek the help of Mongol nomads to regain their ship while under attack from the Japanese.
Destination Gobi is a 1953 Technicolor war film starring Richard Widmark and the first color feature film directed by Robert Wise. Set during World War II, US Navy chief Sam McHale (Widmark) takes command of a unit of weather observers stranded behind Japanese lines in Inner Mongolia.
- Robert Wise
It is about US Navy specialists who run a weather station in the Gobi desert where they are harassed by Japanese warplanes but aided by local Mongol nomads in 1944. Richard Widmark and Don...
- War
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Destination Gobi (Robert Wise, 1953) 6/10. True story set during WWII at a United States weather station in Inner Mongolia run by a reluctant Naval officer (Richard Widmark). When the Japanese attack the camp the officers seek help from nomad Mongolians in exchange for sixty horse saddles.
