The read
Scores higher than 76% of the 66 1930s adventure movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Metacritic69/100
113 audience votes
Key crew
- William A. WellmanDirector
- Alfred NewmanOriginal Music Composer
- Robert CarsonScreenplay
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
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Themes
based on novel or bookbrotherforeign legionsoldiercrueltydesertdrill instructornorth africamilitary unitsapphireprotective brothersdrill sergeant