"The Legion of Missing Men" is a low budget B-movie from Monogram and it's about the French Foreign Legion. Oddly, like so many movies of the era, it's a bit confusing today why so many American films were pro-Colonialism like this one.
Bob Carter (Ralph Forbes) is an excellent soldier in the Legion. Unfortunately, his moronic brother Don (Ben Alexander) joins up and is a complete idiot. He seems only interested in a cabaret singer and has zero common sense. First, he slugs his Sergeant. Second, he then runs away and seeks to hide with the enemy! Bob and his friends find themselves in hot water when they try to rescue this brainless fool from himself.
Don Carter's character is just too stupid to believe...and this is the main problem with this movie. Additionally, Bob isn't exactly an Einstein either!! Had these characters been written better, the plot might have been more believable. As it it, this and a few poor actors sink this one and make it, at best, a silly time-passer.
Bob Carter (Ralph Forbes) is an excellent soldier in the Legion. Unfortunately, his moronic brother Don (Ben Alexander) joins up and is a complete idiot. He seems only interested in a cabaret singer and has zero common sense. First, he slugs his Sergeant. Second, he then runs away and seeks to hide with the enemy! Bob and his friends find themselves in hot water when they try to rescue this brainless fool from himself.
Don Carter's character is just too stupid to believe...and this is the main problem with this movie. Additionally, Bob isn't exactly an Einstein either!! Had these characters been written better, the plot might have been more believable. As it it, this and a few poor actors sink this one and make it, at best, a silly time-passer.