Beau Geste (1939)
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.
- Released
- 1939-07-24
- Genres
- Adventure, Drama, War
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- William A. Wellman, Robert Carson
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 114 votes
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Beau Geste
- Ray Milland as John Geste
- Robert Preston as Digby Geste
- Brian Donlevy as Sergeant Markoff
- Susan Hayward as Isobel Rivers
- J. Carrol Naish as Rasinoff
- Albert Dekker as Schwartz
- Broderick Crawford as Hank Miller
- Charles Barton as Buddy McMonigal
- James Stephenson as Major Henri de Beaujolais
- Heather Thatcher as Lady Patricia Brandon
- James Burke as Lieutenant Dufour