Synopsis
When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
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Cast
- Gary CooperBeau Geste
- Ray MillandJohn Geste
- Robert PrestonDigby Geste
- Brian DonlevySergeant Markoff
- Susan HaywardIsobel Rivers
- J. Carrol NaishRasinoff
- Albert DekkerSchwartz
- Broderick CrawfordHank Miller
- Charles BartonBuddy McMonigal
- James StephensonMajor Henri de Beaujolais
Recommendations
- 83
Portland Oregonian
It's amazing that this deeply evocative tale of courage, nobility and the price of family loyalty is the last serious remake of P.C. Wren's best-known Foreign Legion adventure novel. [27 Aug 1999] - 80
Time Out
The finest of three screen versions of PC Wren's tale of heroism in the French Foreign Legion (the others were made in 1926 and 1966, the latter a travesty). Pictorially ravishing, it features a memorable opening with a fort garrisoned by corpses, and the high adventure tone carries on from there. - 80
Variety
Beau Geste has been produced with vigorous realism and spectacular sweep. Director William Wellman has focused attention on the melodramatic and vividly gruesome aspects of the story, and skimmed lightly over the episodes and motivation which highlighted Percival Christopher Wren's original novel. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
Spirited performances don’t / quite redeem the melodramatic contrivances of this often-filmed piece of romantic nonsense. But the Moroccan desert (actually Arizona) looks great, and at the very least, this Geste is leagues better than the 1966 remake with Telly Savalas. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
Gary Cooper enacts the title role with quiet magnificence in this superb adventure tale loaded with drama, action, and mystery. - 60
The New York Times
Mr. Wellman's film seems dominated by the tremendous shadow of its predecessor. - 60
The New Yorker
The picture, rousingly directed by William Wellman, was indeed a success, but Cooper, horribly miscast as a dashing young British gallant...was embarrassingly callow, almost simpering, and he looked too old for the part.
