Beau Geste

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.

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

Heather ThatcherLady Patricia Brandon

James BurkeLieutenant Dufour

G.P. HuntleyAugustus Brandon

Harold HuberVoisin

Donald O'ConnorBeau Geste (as a Child)

Billy CookJohn Geste (as a Child)

Martin SpellmanDigby Geste (as a Child)

Ann GillisIsobel Rivers (as a Child)

David HoltAugustus Brandon (as a Child)

Harvey StephensLieutenant Martin

Crew

Director

William A. Wellman

Director of Photography

Archie Stout

Director of Photography

Theodor Sparkuhl

Editor

Thomas Scott

Music Arranger

Edward B. Powell

Original Music Composer

Alfred Newman

Screenplay

Robert Carson

Second Unit Director

Richard Talmadge