Film

Beau Geste

1939 · 1h 52m · Adventure · Drama · War

Thundering drama!

IMDb

7.5

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

69

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.

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)

• William A. WellmanProducer · Director
• Robert CarsonScreenplay
• Percival Christopher WrenNovel
• William LeBaronExecutive Producer
• Theodor SparkuhlDirector of Photography
• Archie StoutDirector of Photography
• Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
• Thomas ScottEditor

Beau Geste Trailer 1939

Release date

July 24, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 52m

Rated

A

Genres

Adventure, Drama, War

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