During World War II, a group of U.S. Navy weathermen stationed in the Gobi Desert find themselves in peril when they are attacked by the Japanese air force. Stranded and outnumbered, they must rely on the help of Mongol nomads to attempt to regain their ship. In gratitude for their assistance, the nomads are rewarded with an airlift delivering the finest saddles. Cast: - Richard Widmark as CPO Samuel T. McHale - Don Taylor as Jenkins - Max Showalter (as Casey Adams) as Walter Landers - Murvyn Vye as Kengtu - Darryl Hickman as Wilbur 'Coney' Cohen - Martin Milner as Elwood Halsey - Ross Bagdasarian Sr. (as Ross Bagdasarian) as Paul Sabatello - Judy Dan (as Judy Dann) as Nura-Salu - Rodolfo Acosta as Tomec - Russell Collins as Lt. Cmdr. Hobart Wyatt - Leonard Strong as Wali-Akhun Runtime: 89 minutes