| Destination Gobi | |
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| Directed by | Robert Wise |
| Screenplay by | Everett Freeman |
| Based on | Ninety Saddles for Kengtu 1952 Collier's by Edmund G. Love |
| Produced by | Stanley Rubin |
| Starring | Richard Widmark Don Taylor Casey Adams Murvyn Vye |
| Narrated by | Richard Widmark |
| Cinematography | Charles G. Clarke |
| Edited by | Robert Fritch |
| Music by | Sol Kaplan |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,340,000[1] |
| Box office | $1.2 million (US rentals)[2] |
Destination Gobi is a 1953 American Technicolor World War II film released by 20th Century-Fox. It was produced by Stanley Rubin, directed by Robert Wise (his first color feature film), and stars Richard Widmark and Don Taylor.
The film is about the Sino-American Cooperative Organization (SACO), referred to as Sino-American Combined Operations in the film.[3]
Actor Ernest Borgnine has stated in interviews that he believed that this film, and Widmark's role of CPO Sam McHale, were the basis of the role of Quentin McHale in Borgnine's 1960's television show McHale's Navy.[4]
- ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989; ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 248
- ^ "The Top Box Office Hits of 1953", Variety, January 13, 1954
- ^ "SP:WaW Depot™ :: View topic - SACO - U.S. Navy in China WWII". Spwaw.com. Retrieved 2016-12-21.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Ernest Borgnine on the genesis of McHale's Navy". YouTube.