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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 9780792854104
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0792854101
Label: MGM (Video & DVD)
Manufacturer: MGM (Video & DVD)
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: MGM (Video & DVD)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: December 03, 2002
Running Time: 118 minutes
Sales Rank: 15460
Studio: MGM (Video & DVD)
Theatrical Release Date: December 17, 1957
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
The good news is, one of John Wayne's least-known films has been restored to widescreen splendor. The bad news is, there's a reason Legend of the Lost has gone mostly unshown: it's a grievously misbegotten movie. Oh, the credits get you jumping: Wayne and international love goddess Sophia Loren under the direction of Henry Hathaway, with a Ben Hecht script and Technicolor camerawork by Jack (The Red Shoes) Cardiff. But Wayne is miscast as a raffish mercenary hired to guide French spiritualist Rossano Brazzi into the Sahara, where Brazzi's father disappeared searching for a lost city. And nothing sparks between the Duke and Loren, as a Timbuktu prostitute-pickpocket who joins the expedition because Brazzi speaks to her soul. There's little action, much turgid dialogue, and a jarring mix of Libyan locations with soundstage scenes shot back in Rome. Add a music score that sounds as if it belongs on a sci-fi film and you've got one bizarre movie. Still, Wayne completists should check it out, and Cardiff's cinematography is, as usual, ravishing. --Richard T. Jameson
Product Description:
Told against the sweeping panoramas of the Sahara desert this star-studded epic features an exotic mix of action suspense and romance. Famed for its stunning (The Hollywood Reporter) location cinematography Legend of the Lost delivers a caravan of excitement with the indomitable John Wayne leading the way. Wayne is Joe January a hard-drinking hard-living guide. When Paul Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi) hires him to find his father and a legendary lost treasure the two set out into the isolated wasteland of the North African desert. Joining them is Dita (Sophia Loren) a prostitute desperate to find a new life who comes between both men as they battle for survival and their souls.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: ACTION/ADVENTURE Rating: NR UPC: 027616881496 Manufacturer No: 1004042
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - A VERY ATYPICAL JOHN WAYNE MOVIE
This is a very interesting movie, however, it is not a very good movie in that the script, if they used one, moves very slowly going almost nowhere. One of the best elements of the film is the ancient Roman city of Timgad of 100 A.D.in modern day Algeria where the film was shot. The city is one of the best examples of the Roman grid pattern of cities and was originally brought into being as a frontier bastion against the mobile Berber tribes. The city yet today retains all of it historical ... Read More
Rating:  - Not a legend, should have stayed lost
High hokum, even for late '50's Hollywood. Poor Loren (23) is stuck with another pair of geezers for leading men (Wayne was 50). Compared to most of the actors the studios were trying to pair her with, maybe lover/mentor Carlo Ponti didn't look so ancient in comparison.
Loren, Wayne, and Brazzi spend most of the film stumbling around the Sahara looking for a lost city. There are some great postcard shots of what I believe may be the magnificent Roman city of Leptis Magna, in northwestern ... Read More
Rating:  - Lost but Found
Seems that this Wayne/Loren film has been lost for many years from lists of their best work. Although it is not in the best 10% for either, I really enjoyed everything about the film and found it entertaining from beginning to end. I also disagree with another comment here on Amazon about John Wayne being miscast. I think it is a perfect vehicle for his often under-rated skills.
Rating: - Good quality dvd and service
The dvd arrived on time and in good condition. The quality of the dvd was good as promised. I'd recommend purchasing this dvd from this vendor.
Rating: - Legend of the Lost
Some of the dialog was hard to understand. The movie dragged on and on and was boring - nearly fell asleep.
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