A very frequently remade film. Usually with minor tweaks to the story. The first version that I could find was the silent from 1926, with ron colman. That one says based on the novel by percy wren, who lived from 1875 to 1941. The 1966 version has a 1906 storyline, with two brothers (guy stockwell, doug mcclure) joining the foreign legion in the sahara desert. They serve under major dagineau and lieutenant deruse (telly savalas, leslie nielsen). Dagineau has a rep as a badass, who drives the men without mercy, and is hated for it. But does that anger and tension serve another purpose ? War in the desert.... directed by doug heyes, who did mostly television work.
Review of Beau Geste
