Beau Geste

Beau Geste

1939 · 112 min · EN · 7.0 (114 votes)
Dir. William A. Wellman · Starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward, J. Carrol Naish · Music Alfred Newman

“Thundering drama!”

AdventureDramaWar

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.

VIBE

A sweeping, old-school adventure of honor and brotherhood set against the unforgiving desert. It's a tale of stoic men facing tyranny and external threats with unwavering resolve, brimming with heroic sacrifice.

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