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Beau Geste (1939)

24/07/1939 (US)Adventure, Drama, War1h 52m
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Thundering drama!

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When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.

    Top Billed Cast

    1. Gary Cooper

      Gary Cooper

      Beau Geste

    2. Ray Milland

      Ray Milland

      John Geste

    3. Robert Preston

      Robert Preston

      Digby Geste

    4. Brian Donlevy

      Brian Donlevy

      Sergeant Markoff

    5. Susan Hayward

      Susan Hayward

      Isobel Rivers

    6. J. Carrol Naish

      J. Carrol Naish

      Rasinoff

    7. Albert Dekker

      Albert Dekker

      Schwartz

    8. Broderick Crawford

      Broderick Crawford

      Hank Miller

    9. Charles Barton

      Buddy McMonigal

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    A review by John Chard

    9.0
    Written by John Chard on Jan 5, 2019

    Wonderful, just blooming wonderful. Gary Cooper, Ray Milland and Robert Preston play three orphaned brothers who are raised at Brandon Abbas by their aunt Lady Patricia Brandon. When money troubles hit the household, attention focuses on the Blue Water Sapphire, the last remaining wealth in the Brandon estate. The sapphire disappears and is thought to have been stolen, fleeing the scandal, the brothers follow each other into the Foreign Legion, where at Fort Zinderneuf they encounter sadistic Sgt. Markoff and face a test of their respective courage, honour and loyalty. Beau Geste is a tr...

    StatusReleased

    Original LanguageEnglish

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    Keywords

    • based on novel or book
    • brother
    • foreign legion
    • soldier
    • cruelty
    • desert
    • drill instructor
    • north africa
    • military unit
    • sapphire
    • protective brothers
    • drill sergeant
    • military fort
    • stolen jewel
    • brothers-in-arms