Tale of World War I British soldiers struggling against the elements and hostile Arabs in the desert. Victor McLaglen. Brown: Reginald Denny. Sanders: Boris Karloff. Morelli: Wallace Ford. Hale: Billy Bevan. Quincannon: J.M. Kerrigan. Cook: Alan Hale. Pearson: Douglas Walton. Abelson: Sammy Stein. Bell: Brandon Hurst. Superb performances, brilliant direction (John Ford), fine script (Dudley Nicholls). One of the classics of the screen.