Beau Geste

1939
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1h 52min

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Three adopted English brothers join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa after one of them steals their adoptive family's famous heirloom sapphire.

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Tres hermanos ingleses adoptados se unen a la Legión Extranjera francesa en el norte de África después de que uno de ellos robe el famoso zafiro heredado de su familia adoptiva.Tres hermanos ingleses adoptados se unen a la Legión Extranjera francesa en el norte de África después de que uno de ellos robe el famoso zafiro heredado de su familia adoptiva.Tres hermanos ingleses adoptados se unen a la Legión Extranjera francesa en el norte de África después de que uno de ellos robe el famoso zafiro heredado de su familia adoptiva.

Dirección
- William A. Wellman
Guionistas
- Robert Carson
- Percival Christopher Wren
Elenco

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CALIFICACIÓN DE IMDb

7.5/10

6.7 k

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Dirección
- William A. Wellman
Guionistas
- Robert Carson
- Percival Christopher Wren
Elenco

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Nominado a 2 premios Óscar
- 2 nominaciones en total

Trivia
At the film's world premiere, the first reel of the 1926 silent version of "Beau Geste" was shown just before the entire 1939 sound version, in an effort to demonstrate how far films had advanced in thirteen years. This almost backfired because the film apparently, followed the 1926 one extremely closely, and some of the first-night critics were annoyed, rather than pleased at this, feeling that this remake should have been more imaginative. However, this did not keep it from becoming a smash hit and a film classic.

Errores
When the "Blue Water" is stolen with the lights out it appears pitch black, but that can't be correct because there is a bright fire burning in the fireplace.

Citas
[last lines]
[after she reads the letter Beau had written to explain what happened to the jewel - he has signed the letter with his name - she reads...]
Lady Patricia Brandon: "Beau Geste"
Lady Patricia Brandon: [to John] Beau Geste... gallant gesture. We didn't name him wrong, did we?

Créditos curiosos
Opening credits prologue: "The love of a man for a woman wanes and waxes like the moon . . . but the love of brother for brother is steadfast as the stars, and endures like the word of the prophet."

. . . Arabian Proverb.

Conexiones
Edited into La más loca, loca aventura de Beau Geste (1977)

Bandas sonoras
The Legionnaire's Song
(uncredited)
Music by Troy Sanders
Lyrics by Frank Loesser

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8/10

Foreign Legion Epic very well done.

I know this, along with Sherlock Holmes, is one of the most filmed stories ever, but the 1939 version must stand out as the best. The mood and atmosphere of the desert is captured brilliantly, the photography is excellent as is the cast. Gary Cooper fits the role of Beau exactly as one would have imagined him, while the brothers played by Ray Milland and Robert Preston are spot on. Of course Brian Donlevy was at his best in this film as the vicious Sergeant, and it is one of the few times when I have thought he acted well. Susan Hayward's role was minor, but of course she was a virtual unknown at that time. It was good to see Donald O'Connor as a young Beau, as well as stalwarts like Albert Dekker and J. Carrol Naish. The opening scene is quite remarkable even by todays standards.