Beau Geste
7.1
“Hard lives, quick deaths, undying love!”
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.
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Cast
18 people
Ronald Colman
Michael 'Beau' Geste
Known for
Lost Horizon
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Neil Hamilton
Digby Geste
Known for
Batman
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Ralph Forbes
John Geste
Known for
Twentieth Century
The Hound of the Baskervilles
Alice Joyce
Lady Patricia Brandon
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Stella Dallas
Mary Brian
Isabel Rivers
Known for
The Front Page
Noah Beery
Sgt. Lejaune
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
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Norman Trevor
Maj. de Beaujolais
Also in
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William Powell
Boldini
Known for
The Thin Man
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George Regas
Maris
Known for
The Mark of Zorro
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Bernard Siegel
Schwartz
Also in
Laugh, Clown, Laugh
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Victor McLaglen
Hank
Known for
The Quiet Man
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Donald Stuart
Buddy
Known for
The Invisible Man
Herbert Brenon Director · John Russell Writer Paul Schofield Writer
Worldwide gross $1.5M · Budget $900K · United States release August 24, 1926
Box office
Budget
$900,000
Worldwide gross
$1,500,000
Gross vs. budget
1.7×
Production
Paramount Pictures
Production · Studio
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
No dialogue
Release dates
United States · August 24, 1926
Theatrical
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