Beau Geste
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Douglas Heyes
Guy Stockwell
Doug Mcclure
Leslie Nielsen
Telly Savalas
David Mauro
Film Details
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Synopsis
In 1906, young Beau Graves takes the blame for a crime committed by his business partner and leaves his home in the United States to join the French Foreign Legion. He is sent to Fort Zinderneuf in the Arabian Desert where he immediately runs afoul of the brutal and sadistic Sergeant-Major Dagineau, who suspects Beau of sending him an unsigned threatening letter. Beau wins the admiration of the other men, however, when he stands up to Dagineau. He also wins the friendship of the weak and drunken commander, Lieutenant De Ruse, who nicknames him "Geste" upon learning that Beau's sacrifice at home was unnecessary since his partner confessed and committed suicide shortly after Beau's departure for the Legion. Later, Beau is joined by his devoted brother John, and Dagineau becomes more convinced than ever that Beau plans to murder him. Lieutenant De Ruse is wounded by an Arab, and before dying he confesses to Beau that it was he who wrote the anonymous letter in the hope that fear might make Dagineau more humane. Dagineau, driven to the point of near-madness by the prospect of sudden death, subjects his men to torturous desert marches and cruel punishments. As the Arabs prepare for a massive assault, Beau manages to quell a mass mutiny among the men. In the subsequent attack, the legionnaires are killed off one by one until only Beau and Dagineau remain. A death struggle between the two men ensues, and Beau is found alive when a relief column arrives at the fort.
Director
Douglas Heyes
Cast
Guy Stockwell
Doug Mcclure
Leslie Nielsen
Telly Savalas
David Mauro
Robert Wolders
Leo Gordon
Michael Constantine
Malachi Throne
Joe De Santis
X Brands
Michael Carr
George Keymas
Patrick Whyte
Ted Jacques
Ava Zamora
Jeff Nelson
David Gross
Hal Hopper
Chuck Wood
Duane Grey
Vic Lundin
Arthur Atkinson
Albert Canter
Claude Chastanet
Boris Nico Dellwoy
Dimitri Drobatschewsky
John Du Mortier
Edward Erdmann
Antoine Figr
Frank Fuessler
Paul L. Jumet
Andrew G. Lontai
Maurice Malinowski
Yervand Markarian
George Olesnicki
Ulrich Schelling
Gunther Schumacher
Ernest Seidl
François Slistan
Douglas M. Smith
Charles Stransky
Henryk Szarek
Joseph Szepesy
Paul Villarose
Robert Vowels
Wesley T. Williams
Crew
John Anderson Jr.
Rand Brooks
Henry Bumstead
Larry Germain
Joseph Gershenson
Alexander Golitzen
D. R. O. Hatswell
Douglas Heyes
Hal Hopper
Joe Kane
John Mccarthy Jr.
David H. Moriarty
Terry Morse Jr.
Edward Muhl
Hal Needham
Rosemary Odell
James C. Pratt
James S. Redd
Hans J. Salter
Russell F. Schoengarth
Walter Seltzer
Bud Thackery
Wes Thompson
Waldon O. Watson
Bud Westmore
Albert Whitlock
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Previously filmed by Paramount Pictures in 1926 and 1939.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Fall September 7, 1966
Techniscope
Released in United States Fall September 7, 1966
