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Beau Geste is a 1926 American silent drama film directed by Herbert Brenon and based on the 1924 novel Beau Geste by P. C. Wren. Ronald Colman stars as the title character.
Beau Geste: Directed by Herbert Brenon. With Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce. Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion.
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- Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes
- Herbert Brenon
The American action-adventure film Beau Geste (1939) was based on the 1924 novel of the same name by Percival C. Wren (see Beau Geste). Its acclaimed cast featured four future winners of Academy Awards for best actor or actress: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Susan Hayward, and Broderick Crawford.
Brief Synopsis. Michael "Beau" Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
- Herbert Brenon, Ray Lissner
- Ronald Colman
The ultimate French Foreign Legion film with Ronald Colman (as Beau Geste) making the noble sacrifice and his brothers refusing to allow him to go alone. The climax of the film is the “Viking’s Funeral” that the brothers had played out many times in their childhood.
- Herbert Brenon
- Paramount
Beau is the youngest of three brothers who fall into an ethical dilemma when their aunt resorts to stealing valuable jewelry from the family's collection to pay off her home.
Brothers Digby (Neil Hamilton), John (Ralph Forbes) and Michael "Beau" Geste (Robert Colman) are stunned to learn that their financially troubled aunt, Lady Patricia Brandon (Alice Joyce), has ...
- Adventure, History, Drama, War
