Destination Gobi

Destination Gobi (1953)

ADVENTURE AS FIERY AND FURIOUS AS THE FLAMING SANDS OF CHINA'S GOBI DESERT!

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.

Date of release
1953-03-20
TMDB
5.9 / 10 (21)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
War, Adventure, Drama
Director
Robert Wise

Casting

Interesting facts

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, and stars Richard Widmark and Don Taylor.

Production

The film is loosely based on actual events. The weather station in the Gobi was considered the "crown jewel" in the operation because it was in "meteorologically uncharted territory". Instead of the air strike by the Japanese depicted in the film, there was a skirmish 25 miles from the camp which helped to scare off the enemy. The story was dramatized by Edmund G. Love and published in Collier's September 6, 1952 issue.

Though most of the actors playing natives were American, some actual Mongolian phrases made their way into the film.

Gary Merrill, Richard Basehart, David Wayne, and William Lundigan were the actors that producers originally had in mind when the film was announced. The film was Robert Wise's first in color.

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