Beau Geste

original title:
Beau Geste
other titles:
(Drei Fremdenlegionäre)
country / year of production:
USA / 1966
original length:
103 min. , color
premiere:
genre:
action
based on:
Percival Christopher Wren. Beau Geste. London: John Murray, 1924.
director:
Douglas Howard Heyes
film script:
Percival Christopher Wren , Douglas Howard Heyes
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cast (role):
Guy Stockwell , Doug McClure , Leslie William Nielsen
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plot synopsis:
Michael "Beau" Geste and his two brothers leave England in disgrace and join the French Foreign Legion. They are split and later reunited in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.

keywords:
desert , foreign legion , torture , assault on superiors , order and obedience , insubordination
war:
First World War (1914-1918)
literature:
remarks:
Remake of the version from 1926 under the same title.
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