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Destination Gobi

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.

Director

Robert Wise

Year

Genre

adventure, drama, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

20th Century Fox

Awards

N/A

CPO Samuel T. McHale

Richard Widmark

Jenkins

Walter Landers

Kengtu

Wilbur 'Coney' Cohen

Elwood Halsey

Paul Sabatello

Ross Bagdasarian

Nura-Salu

Tomec

Lt. Cmdr. Hobart Wyatt

Russell Collins

Wali-Akhun

Yin Tang

Capt. Gates

Admiral

Quartermaster General

Franklyn Farnum

Pilot

Frank Swenson

Lieutenant

Japanese Man

Commanding Officer, Japanese POW Camp

Cavalry Officer

Japanese Officer

Harris Matsushige

Lieutenant Colonel

Aide, Argus HQ

Capt. J.E. Mayberry

Pilot

Son of Kengtu

Anthony Numkena

Capt. Briggs

Military Policeman

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[ Drumroll ] - Destination Gobi

[ Theme music playing ♪ ] - Destination Gobi

[ Theme music playing ♪ ]

Japs! - Destination Gobi

Hey, they're gonna
camp on the oasis.
What'll we do? - Destination Gobi

Hey, they're gonna camp on the oasis. What'll we d...

Hey,
cut that out! - Destination Gobi

Hey, cut that out!

It's a camera!
[ Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

It's a camera! [ Mongolian ]

Well! - Destination Gobi

That's right, pal.
It says "saddles." - Destination Gobi

That's right, pal. It says "saddles."

Hey!
[ Laughing ] - Destination Gobi

Hey! [ Laughing ]

We do.
Good. - Destination Gobi

Column twos!
Hold! - Destination Gobi

Column twos! Hold!

- [ Plane passes overhead ]
- Skipper! - Destination Gobi

- [ Plane passes overhead ] - Skipper!

♪♪ [ Singing in Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

♪♪ [ Singing in Mongolian ]

Okay, let's get goin'. - Destination Gobi

Okay, let's get goin'.

♪♪ [ Stops ] - Destination Gobi

♪♪ [ Stops ]

Sabatello,
get rid of that golf club. - Destination Gobi

Sabatello, get rid of that golf club.

What do you make of it, Mac?
That's a Jap spotter,
all right. - Destination Gobi

What do you make of it, Mac? That's a Jap spotter, all ...

[ Rifle fires ]
Hey! - Destination Gobi

[ Rifle fires ] Hey!

Hey, Mac,
how about
making camp? - Destination Gobi

Hey, Mac, how about making camp?

What do you see,
Mac?
Grass. - Destination Gobi

What do you see, Mac? Grass.

[ Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

Well it looks like you made a hit Walter my boy - Destination Gobi

Well it looks like you made a hit Walter my boy

What's taking them
so long? - Destination Gobi

What's taking them so long?

We decide. - Destination Gobi

You have ridden
camels before?
Nope. Never. - Destination Gobi

You have ridden camels before? Nope. Never.

[ Camel lowing ] - Destination Gobi

[ Camel lowing ]

Coney. - Destination Gobi

Keep your eyes peeled. - Destination Gobi

Keep your eyes peeled.

I don't get it and what I don't get I don't like - Destination Gobi

I don't get it and what I don't get I don't...

[ Whinnying ] - Destination Gobi

[ Shouts in Japanese ] - Destination Gobi

[ Shouts in Japanese ]

[ McHale narrating ]
Somebody... I think
it was Landers... - Destination Gobi

[ McHale narrating ] Somebody... I think it was Landers...

And the heat...
it didn't beat down,
it swam up. - Destination Gobi

And the heat... it didn't beat down, it swam up.

Take a look around, - Destination Gobi

Take a look around,

Say, what kind
of ceremo... - Destination Gobi

Say, what kind of ceremo...

♪♪ [ Resumes ] - Destination Gobi

♪♪ [ Resumes ]

[ Shouting in Japanese ] - Destination Gobi

[ Shouting in Japanese ]

Hutukhtu, temple
of living Buddha.
Go there. - Destination Gobi

Hutukhtu, temple of living Buddha. Go there.

♪♪ [ Singing
in Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

♪♪ [ Singing in Mongolian ]

[ Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

[ Mongolian ] - Destination Gobi

Door at side.
Men and horses wait. - Destination Gobi

Door at side. Men and horses wait.

[ Japanese ] - Destination Gobi

How'd it go?
What's gonna happen
to us, Mac? - Destination Gobi

How'd it go? What's gonna happen to us, Mac?

[ Jenkins ]
Holy cow. What kind
of a boat is that? - Destination Gobi

[ Jenkins ] Holy cow. What kind of a boat is that?

Why do they
call this a "junk"?
What else would you call it? - Destination Gobi

Why do they call this a "junk"? What else would yo...

[ Kengtu ]
Japs have Cannon.
Navy have Cannon too. - Destination Gobi

[ Kengtu ] Japs have Cannon. Navy have Cannon too.

We thought you
tricked us. - Destination Gobi

We thought you tricked us.

[ Tires screech ] - Destination Gobi

[ Tires screech ]

[ Whispers ]
Right rudder. - Destination Gobi

[ Whispers ] Right rudder.

Ease up on those sweeps. - Destination Gobi

Ease up on those sweeps.

What's that?
Well, it ain't
a new supermarket. - Destination Gobi

What's that? Well, it ain't a new supermarket.

Give me a hand
with this Cannon.
Cannon? Are you kidding? - Destination Gobi

Give me a hand with this Cannon. Cannon? Are you kidding?

Come on! - Destination Gobi

Let me have
those cannonballs. - Destination Gobi

Let me have those cannonballs.

Got it?
Yeah. I'm looking
right down her throat. - Destination Gobi

Got it? Yeah. I'm looking right down her throat.

We got 'em!
Hit 'em right
in the breadbasket! - Destination Gobi

We got 'em! Hit 'em right in the breadbasket!

Hey, it's planes!
Hey!
Maybe they're ours! - Destination Gobi

Hey, it's planes! Hey! Maybe they're ours!

Haul that tarp clear,
on the double! - Destination Gobi

Haul that tarp clear, on the double!

Hey!
Hey! Whoo! - Destination Gobi

Hey! Hey! Whoo!

[ Chattering ]
Oh. Okay, Harpo. - Destination Gobi

[ Chattering ] Oh. Okay, Harpo.

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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.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Robert Wise

Writer: Everett Freeman, Edmund G. Love

Production: 20th Century Fox

Genre: adventure, drama, war

Year: 1953

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.3

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 11 May 1953

Awards: N/A

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