Movie

Beau Geste (1926)

• NR
• August 24, 1926
• 1h 41m

• Action
• Adventure
• Drama

“Hard lives, quick deaths, undying love!”

Overview

Brothers Beau, John and Digby Geste join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant Markoff. Beau and John are assigned to Fort Zinderneuf, where Markoff tries to break their spirit, aware of a dark family secret concerning a fabulous jewel one of them carries. As tensions rise, Arabs attack the fort and rivalries must be thrown aside in a desperate battle for life.

Director

Herbert Brenon

Writers

Paul Schofield, Percival Christopher Wren, John Russell, Herbert Brenon

Starring

Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, Ralph Forbes