Beau Geste

Synopsis

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.

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