Beau Geste

1939 PG-13 1h 52m

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Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

Director William A. Wellman

Writers

Percival Christopher Wren Robert Carson

Stars

Gary Cooper Ray Milland Robert Preston

Major Henri de Beaujolais

Heather Thatcher

Lady Patricia Brandon

Beau Geste (as a Child)

Billy Cook

John Geste (as a Child)

Martin Spellman

Digby Geste (as a Child)

Ann Gillis

Isobel Rivers (as a Child)

David Holt

Augustus Brandon (as a Child)

Renouf, another deserter

Legionnaire (uncredited)

George Chandler

Legionnaire Cordier (uncredited)

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Joseph William Cody

Legionnaire (uncredited)

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Joe Colling

Trumpeter O. Leo (uncredited)

Gino Corrado

Recruit Wearing Top Hat (uncredited)

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Frank Dawson

Burdon - Butler (uncredited)

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Joe Gray

Legionnaire (uncredited)

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Duke Green

Legionnaire Glock (uncredited)

Thomas E. Jackson

Colonel in Recruiting Office (uncredited)

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Gladys Jeans

Girl in Saida Cafe (uncredited)

Bob Kortman

Maharaja's Agent (uncredited)

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Larry Lawson

Legionnaire (uncredited)

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Tony Martelli

Minor Role (uncredited)

Francis McDonald

Arab Scout (uncredited)

Nestor Paiva

Corporal Golas (uncredited)

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Bob Perry

Bald Legionnaire (uncredited)

George Regas

Arab Scout (uncredited)

Jerome Storm

Sergeant Major (uncredited)

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Henry Sylvester

Legionnaire (uncredited)

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Carl Voss

Legionnaire (uncredited)

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Joe Whitehead

Sergeant (uncredited)

Harry Worth

Corporal (uncredited)

Adventure Drama War

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John Chard 5 Jan 2019

9/10

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 ...