Beau Geste (1939)
"Thundering drama!"
ThumbScore
👍 81%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 92%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Brian Donlevy as Sergeant Markoff
Susan Hayward as Isobel Rivers
J. Carrol Naish as Rasinoff
Albert Dekker as Schwartz
Broderick Crawford as Hank Miller
Is Beau Geste good?
Most people think so. 81% audience score, estimated from 114 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 92%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
