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Legend of the Lost is a 1957 Italian-American adventure film produced and directed by Henry Hathaway, shot in Technirama and Technicolor by Jack Cardiff, and starring John Wayne, Sophia Loren, and Rossano Brazzi. The location shooting for the film took place near Tripoli, Libya.
John Wayne stars as a guide who leads a wealthy man and a woman into the Sahara desert to find a lost city of gold. The film features Sophia Loren, Rossano Brazzi, and Henry Hathaway as director.
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- Adventure, Drama
- Henry Hathaway
- 1957-12-17
Before long, they are joined by prostitute Dita (Sophia Loren), who is moved by Bonnard's earnestness, and the three embark on a journey through the wild in hopes of finding an...
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- Henry Hathaway
- Dennis Schwartz
- John Wayne
With Natasha Burnett, Viv Leacock, Samantha Cole, Kevin O'Grady. When an antiques expert takes on a quest to find a long-lost locket that promises to bring the wearer true love, she finds herself in conflict with, but also attracted to, the town sheriff.
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- Comedy, Drama, Mystery
- Kevin Fair
- 2024-04-04
Mar 12, 2012 · Legend of the Lost is an interesting and well-made character study set in an exotic locale. In John Wayne and Sophia Loren it features two all time great movie stars; with more action and less talking it could have been a classic action/adventure/romance.
Three adventurers (John Wayne, Sophia Loren, Rosanno Brazzi) search for a treasure in a forbidden desert temple. In the mid to late 1950s, John Wayne, always identified with either the Western or war movie genre, found himself in some exotic locales playing unusual roles with unlikely co-stars.
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.
