This is the great romantic adventure of hard men, loyal comrades and the fraternal love and sacrifice of brother who risk everything to protect each other...
Beau Geste (1939)
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Reviews Counted: 9
Fresh: 9
Rotten:0
Average Rating: 8.1/10
Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: The theft of an enormous gem, the Blue Water, sends the three notoriously adventuresome Geste brothers into the French Foreign Legion. Gary Coper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston boldly play the... The theft of an enormous gem, the Blue Water, sends the three notoriously adventuresome Geste brothers into the French Foreign Legion. Gary Coper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston boldly play the three loyal siblings who have taken the rap to save the female culprit. Assigned to a desert command, they suffer cruelties under the heavy hand of Sergeant Markoff (Brian Donlevy) and then come upon a mysterious tragedy at their fort. Produced in a giant sweep with hard-edged realism by director William Wellman, this version of BEAU GESTE is the classic one, featuring fine turns from Cooper, Milland, and Preston as well as Donlevy and Susan Hayward. Based on the epic novel by Percival Christopher Wren, the film has been remade and parodied several times. Don't miss the beginning--the haunting opening sequence is one of the most famous in Hollywood history. [More]
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward
Starring: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Susan Hayward, Brian Donlevy, J. Carrol Naish, Heather Thatcher, James Stephenson, Donald O'Connor, G.P. Huntley, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford
Director: William Wellman
Director: William Wellman
Producer: William A. Wellman
Story: Robert Carson
Composer: Alfred Newman
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Reviews for Beau Geste
A great adventure film from the golden age of movies; Cooper is in top form, ably assisted by Milland and Preston. Brian Donlevy steals the show as the sadistic sargeant.
Beau Geste (1939) is director/producer William Wellman's superb, high adventure tale set in the desert - a classic melodramatic, rousing film of the late 30s
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