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17/12/1957 Adventure 1h 49m
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Wayne Tangles with Loren...In the Adventure that's Hotter than 1000 Suns!

Overview

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

  1. Henry Hathaway

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Wayne

    Joe January

  2. Sophia Loren

    Dita

  3. Rossano Brazzi

    Paul Bonnard

  4. Kurt Kasznar

    Prefect Dukas

  5. Sonia Moser

    Girl

  6. Angela Portaluri

    Girl

  7. Ibrahim El Hadish

    Galli Galli

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2022-05-14
_**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...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$1,750,000.00

Revenue
$2,200,000.00

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