Destination Gobi (1953)

Twentieth Century-Fox
Directed by Robert Wise
My rating: 2.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Fox Movie Channel)

Richard Widmark leads a rag tag group of weathermen out of the Mongolian desert while under attack from the Japanese. They rely heavily on local Mongols, who arrive just in the nick of time to save them once too often. While the Mongols have common sense and survival skills, they are also easily bought by saddles or other trinkets. After a long trip through the desert to China, they end up prisoners of war, again rescued by, who else, the Mongols. A final battle takes place on the water. Entertaining if unrealistic military/adventure yarn.