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Release year: 1926

Storyline

After fleeing England in disgrace, Michael "Beau" Geste joins the French Foreign Legion, meeting his brothers in North Africa where their cruel commander proves more dangerous than Arab rebels.

Top credits

Directors

Herbert Brenon

Writers

Cast

Ronald Colman — Michael 'Beau' Geste
Neil Hamilton — Digby Geste
Ralph Forbes — John Geste
Alice Joyce — Lady Patricia Brandon

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Did you know

• Paramount's biggest hit of 1926.

• The French foreign office demanded that this film, along with The Big Parade (1925), be withdrawn from public exhibition, saying they "wound French sensibilities." The demand was rejected.

• When this film debuted in 1926, Herbert Brenon became the first director to have three feature-length motion pictures competing in cinemas against each other at the same time: Beau Geste (1926), The Great Gatsby (1926), and God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926). Today, both The Great Gatsby and God Gave Me Twenty Cents are lost films. Only Beau Geste survives in its entirety.