Destination Gobi (1953)

USA, 90 min
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Basic facts

Original title Destination Gobi
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1953-05-11

Cast

Richard Widmark
Sam McHale, vakthavande däcksunderofficer

Don Taylor
Jenkins

Casey Adams
Walter Landers

Murvyn Vye
Kengtu

Darryl Hickman
Wilbur "Coney" Cohen

Martin Milner
Elwood Halsey

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Titles

Original title
  • Destination Gobi
Swedish release title
  • Destination Gobi
Distribution title
  • Det gule helvede (Danmark)
  • Läpi keltaisen helvetin (Finland)
  • Durch die gelbe Hölle (Västtyskland)
  • Durch die gelbe Hölle (Österrike)
  • Kuuma pakomatka (Finland)
  • Destination Gobi (Frankrike)
  • Destination Gobi (Belgien)
  • Bestemming Gobi (Belgien)
  • Destinazione Mongolia (Italien)
  • Tempestad en Asia (Spanien)
  • Flukten gjennom ørkenen (Norge)
  • Flukt gjennom ørkenen (Norge)
  • Prisioneiros da Mongólia (Portugal)
Working title
  • Gobi Outpost
  • Ninety Saddles for Kengtu
  • Sixty Saddles for Gobi
Re-release title
  • Blod över öknen

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Production Manager
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Second Assistant Director
Technical Advisor
Dialogue Coach
Script Supervisor
Production Coordinator
Casting
Production Accountant
Assistant Production Manager
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Special Photographic Effects
Visual Effects
Orchestration
Musical Director
Set Decorator
Propman
Make-up Supervisor
Wardrobe

Cast

Richard Widmark Sam McHale, vakthavande däcksunderofficer
Don Taylor Jenkins
Casey Adams Walter Landers
Murvyn Vye Kengtu
Darryl Hickman Wilbur "Coney" Cohen
Martin Milner Elwood Halsey
Ross Bagdsarian Paul Sabatello
Judy Dan (as Judy Dann) Nura-Salu
Rodolfo Acosta Tomec
Russell Collins kommendörkapten Hobart Wyatt
Leonard Strong Wali-Akhun
- Ej krediterade:
Earl Holliman Frank Swenson
Edgar Barrier Yin Tang
Anthony Numkena Kengtus son
Alvy Moore adjutant
Stuart Randall kapten Briggs
Jack Raine amiral
William Forrest skeppare
Bert Moorhouse kommendör (naval captain)
Richard Allan sjöofficer
Frank Iwanaga löjtnant
William Self löjtnant
Rollin Moriyama kavallerist
Edo Mita överstelöjtnant
Frank Kumagai japan
Harris Matsushige japansk officer
Robert Kino japansk officer
Beal Wong japansk sjöofficer
Russ Conway operations man
Ray Montgomery pilot
John Hedloe pilot
Leo Needham pilot
James Conaty amiral
Franklyn Farnum general
Richard Loo japansk major
Rush Williams militärpolis
Willis Bouchey kapten Gates
Gorden Frazier mongol med lasso

Companies

Production Company Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1953-03-04 LP2474
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1953

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 82262
Date 1953-04
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2450 meters
Notes Aktindelning: 520-515-485-520-410 = 2450 meter. Aktlängder: 520, 515, 485, 520, 410.


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2453 meter
Length in minutes 90 min
Reels 10 reels


Original work

Original title Ninety Saddles for Kengtu (Article in periodical)
Author Edmund G. Love


Production location

(kompletteringar) 1952-10 1952-10
1952-07-23 1952-09-02
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, 10210 Pico Boulevard Century City, Kalifornien USA
Nixon, Nevada USA
Fallon, Nevada USA

Release dates

First showing 1953-03-20 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 90 min
Release in Sweden 1953-05-11 Riviera Stockholm Sweden 90 min
Other showing 1953-05-29 New York City, New York USA 90 min

Holdings Film

The information given here refers to film material in the Swedish Film Institute’s archive. Access to the archive’s stock is given on request, for research, other film archives and rights’ holders. For enquiries please contact filmarkivet@filminstitutet.se

Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm


Holdings Posters

Size Larger than 80 x 110 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


Type Program folio


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