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Beau Geste

Name: Beau Geste
Genre: Adventure, Drama, War
Released: 1939-07-24
Duration: 112 min
Rating: 7.009

★ 7,0 /10 (111 Votes)

1939 EN 112 min

Overview

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.

Stream

Release date

24/07/1939

Votes

111

Popularity

2.0

Thundering drama!

Genres

Adventure Drama War

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

112 min

Gary Cooper

Beau Geste

Ray Milland

John Geste

Robert Preston

Digby Geste

Brian Donlevy

Sergeant Markoff

Susan Hayward

Isobel Rivers

J. Carrol Naish

Rasinoff

Albert Dekker

Schwartz

Broderick Crawford

Hank Miller

Charles Barton

Buddy McMonigal

James Stephenson

Major Henri de Beaujolais

Heather Thatcher

Lady Patricia Brandon

James Burke

Lieutenant Dufour

G.P. Huntley

Augustus Brandon

Harold Huber

Voisin

Donald O'Connor

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)

Harvey Stephens

Lieutenant Martin

Stanley Andrews

Maris

Harry Woods

Renoir

Arthur Aylesworth

Renault, a deserter

Henry Brandon

Renouf, another deserter

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Barry Macollum

Krenke

Ronald R. Rondell

A Bugler

Joseph E. Bernard

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)

Original Soundtrack

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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…

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