
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.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (1940)
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Based on
Based on the novel Beau Geste
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Setting
Set in Africa
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Music
Music by Alfred Newman
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Theodor Sparkuhl and Archie Stout
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Percival Christopher WrenNovel
- Robert CarsonScreenplay
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 24, 1939
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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