Destination Gobi (1953)
- Directed by
- Robert Wise
- Genre
- drama film, adventure film, war film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 5.9 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
During World War II, a group of American sailors stationed in a remote part of China form an unlikely partnership with local Mongol nomads. Together they work to observe enemy weather patterns and report back to the Allied forces.
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What happens
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. The film is about the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), referred to as Sino-American Combined Operations in the film. Actor Ernest Borgnine has stated in interviews that he believed that this film, and Widmark's role of CPO Sam McHale, were the basis of the role of Quentin McHale in Borgnine's 1960s television show McHale's Navy. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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