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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Title: Beau Geste (1939)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Gary Cooper | ... | Beau Geste | |
| Ray Milland | ... | John Geste | |
| Robert Preston | ... | Digby Geste | |
| Brian Donlevy | ... | Sergeant Markoff | |
| Susan Hayward | ... | Isobel Rivers | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Rasinoff | |
| Albert Dekker | ... | Schwartz | |
| Broderick Crawford | ... | Hank Miller | |
| Charles Barton | ... | Buddy McMonigal | |
| James Stephenson | ... | Major Henri de Beaujolais | |
| Heather Thatcher | ... | Lady Patricia Brandon | |
| James Burke | ... | Lieutenant Dufour | |
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G.P. Huntley | ... | Augustus Brandon (as George P. Huntley) |
| Harold Huber | ... | Voisin | |
| Donald O'Connor | ... | Beau Geste (as a child) | |
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Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who haven been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the uppercrust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most treasured jewel the mighty "Blue Water" sapphire. The household gets it out for one final look, the lights go out and it vanishes stolen by one of the brothers, no doubt. That night, Beau, Digby, and John each "confess" and slip out, John leaving behind Isabel, whom he loves. They all join the Foreign Legion, and Beau and Digby are split from John and put under the command of the ruthless and sadistic Sergeant Markoff. Things begin to get hairy as the rest of the Legionaires plot a mutiny against Markoff, in the midst of an attack by Arab hordes. Written by Sam Hayes <gshayes@mail.gwi.net>
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[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?
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. . . Arabian Proverb. See more »
(uncredited)
Music by Troy Sanders
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
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Even though both of his parents were British, Gary Cooper's impersonation of an Englishman was widely ridiculed. See more »Goofs
After Markoff puts the first corpse back on the wall to give the illusion that there are many legionnaires on the wall, it is clear that the "corpse" is still breathing. See more »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?
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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. See more »
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The Legionnaire's Song(uncredited)
Music by Troy Sanders
Lyrics by Frank Loesser
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24 July 1939 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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This is why we go to the movies. Great story telling, great characters, great actors, great directing, suspense, a certain pace and so on... a perfect movie. Why, oh why they don´t make movies like this anymore? Why are we treated to flicks like "King Arthur"? Have we lost it?
It´s all about adventure. Suspense, thrill, wit....Well, they would nowadays add some cruelties and that would be okay but it still would be superior to 99,9% of recent Hollywood flics.
Come back Capra, Hawks, Frankenheimer, Zinnemann, Ford, Hitchcock, Lang et al. - please come back
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