Beau Geste Movie Review 1939

The classic Hollywood adventure film based on the Percival Christopher Wren novel. To protect aging Lady Patricia (Thatcher), who raised the orphaned brothers, Beau Geste (Cooper) takes the blame for a jewel theft and decides to enlist in the Foreign Legion. He's followed by his brothers John (Milland) and Digby (Preston), and all face desert wars and despicable officers, including the psychotic Sgt. Markoff (Donlevy). A rousing, much-copied epic.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS
Running time 114 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Adventure Drama, War, General, Brothers & Sisters, Justice Prevails...?, Desert War/Foreign Legion, Flashback

Screenplay

Robert Carson

Cast

Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Donald O'Connor, J. Carrol Naish, Susan Hayward, James Stephenson, Albert Dekker, Broderick Crawford, Charles T. Barton, Heather Thatcher, James Burke, G.P. (Tim) Huntley, Harold Huber, Harvey Stephens, Stanley Andrews, Harry Woods, Arthur Aylesworth, Henry (Kleinbach) Brandon, Nestor Paiva, George Chandler, George Regas

Cinematography

Theodor Sparkuhl, Louis Clyde Stouman, Archie Stout

Director

William A. Wellman

Music

Alfred Newman

Other

Louis Van Der Echer

Producer

William A. Wellman, Paramount Pictures