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Beau Geste

  • 19391939
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
6.3K
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Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)
Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
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Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
6.3K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • William A. Wellman
  • Writers
    • Robert Carson(screen play)
    • Percival Christopher Wren(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Ray Milland
    • Robert Preston
  • Director
    • William A. Wellman
  • Writers
    • Robert Carson(screen play)
    • Percival Christopher Wren(based on the novel by)
  • Stars
    • Gary Cooper
    • Ray Milland
    • Robert Preston
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 66User reviews
    • 29Critic reviews
    • 69Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 2 nominations total

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    Gary Cooper, G.P. Huntley, Robert Preston, and Heather Thatcher in Beau Geste (1939)
    Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston in Beau Geste (1939)
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    Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston in Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)
    Billy Cook, Ann Gillis, David Holt, Donald O'Connor, and Martin Spellman in Beau Geste (1939)
    Henry Brandon in Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Stanley Andrews in Beau Geste (1939)
    Gary Cooper in Beau Geste (1939)

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    Gary Cooper
    Gary Cooper
    • Beau Geste
    Ray Milland
    Ray Milland
    • John Geste
    Robert Preston
    Robert Preston
    • Digby Geste
    Brian Donlevy
    Brian Donlevy
    • Sergeant Markoff
    Susan Hayward
    Susan Hayward
    • Isobel Rivers
    J. Carrol Naish
    J. Carrol Naish
    • Rasinoff
    Albert Dekker
    Albert Dekker
    • Schwartz
    Broderick Crawford
    Broderick Crawford
    • Hank Miller
    Charles Barton
    Charles Barton
    • Buddy McMonigal
    James Stephenson
    James Stephenson
    • Major Henri de Beaujolais
    Heather Thatcher
    Heather Thatcher
    • Lady Patricia Brandon
    James Burke
    James Burke
    • Lieutenant Dufour
    G.P. Huntley
    • Augustus Brandon
    • (as George P. Huntley)
    Harold Huber
    Harold Huber
    • Voisin
    Donald O'Connor
    Donald O'Connor
    • Beau Geste (as a child)
    Billy Cook
    Billy Cook
    • John Geste (as a child)
    Martin Spellman
    Martin Spellman
    • Digby Geste (as a child)
    Ann Gillis
    Ann Gillis
    • Isobel Rivers (as a child)
    • Director
      • William A. Wellman
    • Writers
      • Robert Carson(screen play)
      • Percival Christopher Wren(based on the novel by)
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      At the film's world premiere, the first reel of the 1926 silent version of "Beau Geste" was shown just before the entire 1939 sound version, in an effort to demonstrate how far films had advanced in thirteen years. This almost backfired because the 1939 film, apparently, followed the 1926 one extremely closely, and some of the first-night critics were annoyed, rather than pleased at this, feeling that the 1939 version should have been more imaginative. However, this did not keep the 1939 version from becoming a smash hit and a film classic.
    • Goofs
      It is night when Markoff and the others go into the barracks to stop the mutiny, but it is midmorning when they come out.
    • Quotes

      [last lines]

      [after she reads the letter Beau had written to explain what happened to the jewel - he has signed the letter with his name - she reads...]

      Lady Patricia Brandon: "Beau Geste"

      Lady Patricia Brandon: [to John] Beau Geste... gallant gesture. We didn't name him wrong, did we?

    • Crazy credits
      Opening credits prologue: "The love of a man for a woman wanes and waxes like the moon . . . but the love of brother for brother is steadfast as the stars, and endures like the word of the prophet."

      . . . Arabian Proverb.
    • Connections
      Edited into The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
    • Soundtracks
      The Legionnaire's Song
      (uncredited)
      Music by Troy Sanders
      Lyrics by Frank Loesser

    User reviews66

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    9/10
    Solid Hit
    How different adventure movies from in the 1930s are from their counterparts today. Honor, loyalty, bravery, sacrifice...what concepts! Beau Geste has them all in spades.

    A very interesting story, this movie is as much a mystery as adventure story. It spans 15 years, following three adopted brothers from their childhood in an English manor house to their membership in the French Foreign Legion and their stationing at a fort in the remote reaches of the Sahara.

    If you are tired of the paperthin, hole-ridden plots of today's action movies that rely on CGI and special effects instead of story, then this movie is for you!
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    • gbheron
    • Mar 7, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • July 24, 1939 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Arabic
    • Also known as
      • Legija smrti
    • Filming locations
      • Yuma, Arizona, USA
    • Production company
      • Paramount Pictures
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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