Legend of the Lost

[San Holo]

This flic is an Indy forerunner,starring John Wayne and Sophia Loren. It's not the best movie,but it's pretty entertaining.Plus Sophia is HOT. Has anyone else seen this movie?

[Stoo]

I recorded it from TV about 10 years ago and have rarely watched it as I find
it quite boring. (The director, Henry Hathaway, made an earlier film called
"The Real Glory" which has a few, cool Indy-type moments. You might want
to check that one out, too).

[Pilot]

Yes, I've seen it a number of times. It's an ok movie, but it lacks sustained suspense. It follows a pattern of a number of adventure movies in the '50's that have a good premise but could have been better.

[Stoo]

My VHS recording of "Legend of the Lost" was missing approx. the first half hour so I never bothered transferring it to DVD and now my tape is buried away in storage, unwatched for many moons.

However, thanks to "Secret of the Incas" maestro, James Byrne, I now have it on DVD as of yesterday! In another thread, he mentioned a similarity with "Raiders" from the beginning which I had never seen. There is a brief, street chase similar to Marion's in Cairo. Well, I noticed another à la Marion parallel:

Sophia Loren whacks John Wayne over the head with a FRYING PAN!

[WilliamBoyd8]

The film is out on DVD and I have a copy.

I posted some screen prints from the film on my website below.

The film was partly shot at Leptis Magna, an ancient Roman city in Libya.


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[James Byrne]

Those screen captures from LEGEND OF THE LOST are terrific. Pity the movie dragged in some places but the location shots are beautiful. John Wayne's character Joe January is a second cousin to Harry Steele in SECRET OF THE INCAS.

[Stoo]

Some things I really appreciated in my re-visit of this were the scenery and the appearance of Kurt Kaszner.

My VHS recording was from an early '90s TV broadcast and it was an old, awful pan & scan print, so seeing the film for the 1st time in glorious widescreen was a real treat! The location shots are gorgeous and plentiful. My opnion of "Legend of the Lost" jumped up a few notches simply because of this.

Since I'd never seen the first 30 mins., I was pleasantly surprised to see Kurt Kaszner as the French prefect. He was someone I've always remembered from watching re-runs of the late '60s TV show, "Land of the Giants", when I was a kid (which also has my favourite John Williams music). I've only seen him in a couple of things and he plays a slimy character in each of them, including another GREAT Indy-forerunner, "Valley of the Kings".

Thanks again, James!

@WilliamBoyd (Hoppy): I didn't know that it was available on DVD.

[Ska]

Just recorded this onto our DVR recently. AMC was playing it.

Haven't watched it yet, though.

[Stoo]

Ska, make sure you drink a Red Bull before you watch the movie because it might put you to sleep.

Just kidding. The scenery and Sophia Loren should be enough to help you make it through. The story is character-driven with very, little action but it gets good towards the end.