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L'offre France Télévisions. Une plongée au cœur du cinéma en train de se fabriquer, animée par Pierre Lescure. Menée par Pierre Lescure, Beau geste va là où bat le pouls du cinéma : en tournage, en avant-première, dans les festivals, en France comme à l’étranger, sur les films intimistes comme les comédies populaires.
Suffice to say, Gary Cooper and Ray Milland are in no danger of being overshadowed by the likes of Universal contract players Guy Stockwell and Doug McClure in this cheap-looking remake of the 1939 classic BEAU GESTE. Stockwell (THE WAR LORD) is Beau Graves (“Geste” is a nickname given him), stationed in the Sahara at the turn of the 20th ...
Michael “Beau” Geste leaves England in disgrace and joins the infamous French Foreign Legion. He is reunited with his two brothers in North Africa, where they face greater danger from their own sadistic commander than from the rebellious Arabs.
Mar 24, 2020 · The subject of Beau Geste is personal honor. It’s idealized, exaggerated old-school stuff — and very attractive. Every ’50s kids knew about this film — it’s the one with the dead guys propped up on the fortress wall. We all admired the impossible gallantry of Beau Geste, a hero who takes noble self-sacrifice to higher level.
Brothers Digby (Neil Hamilton), John (Ralph Forbes) and Michael "Beau" Geste (Robert Colman) are stunned to learn that their financially troubled aunt, Lady Patricia Brandon (Alice Joyce), has ...
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Beau Geste has been produced with vigorous realism and spectacular sweep. Director William Wellman has focused attention on the melodramatic and vividly gruesome aspects of the story, and skimmed lightly over the episodes and motivation which highlighted Percival Christopher Wren's original novel.
Beau wins the admiration of the other men, however, when he stands up to Dagineau. He also wins the friendship of the weak and drunken commander, Lieutenant De Ruse, who nicknames him "Geste" upon learning that Beau's sacrifice at home was unnecessary since his partner confessed and committed suicide shortly after Beau's departure for the Legion.
