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Beau Geste is an adventure novel by British writer P. C. Wren, which details the adventures of three English brothers who enlist separately in the French Foreign Legion following the theft of a valuable jewel from the country house of a relative. Published in 1924, the novel is set in the period before World War I.
Beau Geste is a 1939 American adventure film starring Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, and Susan Hayward. Directed and produced by William A. Wellman, the screenplay was adapted by Robert Carson, based on the 1924 novel of the same title by P. C. Wren.
Three adopted brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their family's sapphire. The film is based on a novel by P.C. Wren and stars Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- William A. Wellman
- 1939-07-24
Beau geste is a French phrase meaning \"beautiful gesture\" and can refer to a graceful, magnanimous, or conciliatory act. Learn about its origin, usage, and related words from the Merriam-Webster dictionary.
Three brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their family's sapphire. They face danger, mutiny, and betrayal in the desert and at home.
Beau Geste, novel about the French Foreign Legion by Percival C. Wren, published in 1924. The title character, whose given name is Michael, and his brothers, Digby and John, have joined the French Foreign Legion after being falsely accused of a crime.
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Rent Beau Geste on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. Beau, John and Digby Geste are brothers who join the Foreign Legion, where they fall under the rule of tyrannical Sergeant...
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