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Beau Geste is a BBC television serial, based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren. The series aired on BBC1 from 31 October to 19 December 1982 and starred Benedict Taylor , Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris as the three brothers.
Beau Geste. 1966 film with Guy Stockwell, Doug McClure and Telly Savalas. Beau Geste. 1982 television series from BBC TV starring Benedict Taylor, Anthony Calf and Jonathon Morris. Beau Geste. 1994 radio series from BBC Radio broadcast in 6 parts and starring David Lumsden and Michael Lumsden. Subsequently rebroadcast on Radio 4 Extra in 2022. [10]
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 .
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.
Waldo Brian Donlevy (February 9, 1901 – April 6, 1972) was an American actor, who was noted for playing dangerous and tough characters. Usually appearing in supporting roles, among his best-known films are Beau Geste (1939), The Great McGinty (1940) and Wake Island (1942).
A Toronto Film Society article stated, "Beau Geste is the archetype of the Foreign Legion movie, a carefully produced, enjoyable adventure yarn with an intriguing element of mystery. Melodrama and sentiment are handled with discretion and, at times, with an engaging sense of humor."
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.
It can be said that it is the French novel of the trilogy (or known as a trilogy if one takes no account of the books Good Gestes and Spanish Maine) as Beau Geste is the English one, and Beau Ideal the American one. The plot presents the dichotomy between love of country (duty) and the love of a woman (passion).