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The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 British historical comedy film [3] directed, co-written and starring Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the 1924 novel Beau Geste, a frequently-filmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is based heavily upon wordplay and absurdity.
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 .
Martin Alan Feldman (8 July 1934 [1] – 2 December 1982) was a British actor, comedian and comedy writer. He was known for his prominent, misaligned eyes. [2] [3] [4]He initially gained prominence as a writer with Barry Took on the ITV sitcom Bootsie and Snudge and the BBC Radio comedy programme Round the Horne.
Beau Geste: Herbert Brenon: Ronald Colman, Neil Hamilton, and Ralph Forbes: 1926 Based on the novel of the same name: Beau Geste: William A. Wellman: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston: 1939 Beau Geste: Douglas Heyes: Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure, and Leslie Nielsen: 1966 The Last Remake of Beau Geste: Marty Feldman: Marty Feldman, Ann ...
Beau Geste is a 1966 adventure film based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren filmed by Universal Pictures in Technicolor and Techniscope near Yuma, Arizona and directed by Douglas Heyes. This is the least faithful of the various film adaptations of the original novel.
This was the second film in a five-film agreement between Universal and Feldman, following the moderate success of The Last Remake of Beau Geste. [5] Feldman died in 1982, before the other three films could be made.
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