Beau Geste 1939 123movies

Watch: Beau Geste 1939 123movies, Full Movie Online – Beau, John, and Digby Geste are three inseparable, adventurous brothers who have been adopted into the wealthy household of Lady Brandon. When money in the upper-crust household grows tight, Lady Brandon is forced to sell her most-treasured jewel, the mighty “Blue Water” sapphire. The household gets it out for one last look, the lights go out, and it vanishes–stolen by one of the brothers, no doubt. That night, Beau, Digby, and John each “confess” and slip out, John leaving behind his sweetheart Isobel. They all join the Foreign Legion and Beau and Digby are split from John and put under the command of the ruthless, sadistic Sergeant Markoff. Things get hairy as the rest of the Legionnaires plot a mutiny against Markoff the midst of an attack by Arab hordes..
Plot: When three brothers join the Foreign Legion to escape a troubled past, they find themselves trapped under the command of a sadistic sergeant deep in the scorching Sahara. Now the brothers must fight for their lives as they plot mutiny against tyranny and defend a desert fortress against a brutal enemy.
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Gallantly they lived and died
The three Geste brothers, wards of their Aunt Patricia, go off to the Foreign Legion because they are suspected of stealing a family jewel, the Blue Water sapphire. It’s a question of family honor and pride back in the day when this was thought to be a real virtue.

Beau Geste continues as a story about the Geste brothers in the Foreign Legion. Since they are all adopted wards with no clue as their real origins, that might account for the distinctly non-British speech of Gary Cooper as Beau and Robert Preston as Digby. Ray Milland as the youngest brother John was presumably influenced by British speech at a young enough age.

Though the three brother leads perform more than adequately, Beau Geste is truly a film where the character actors take over. Brian Donlevy was given his one and only Oscar nomination for Best Supporting Actor as the sadistic Sergeant Markov. You won’t forget him, I promise you.

Three others that also stand out are Albert Dekker who leads a mutiny against Markov at the distant outpost of Fort Zinderneuf and Stanley Andrews as Maris who tries to prevent the mutiny. And last but certainly not least is J. Carrol Naish who is Rassinov the eyes and ears of Markov among the men. Naish was an amazingly versatile character actor who played just about every ethnic type you could name. He blended into his characters so well he almost has no identity of his own on screen. And that hyenish high-pitched cackle that he uses for Rassinov will linger with you forever.

Susan Hayward is in this also as the love interest for Ray Milland. She’s young and pretty wasted in a thankless role in a male dominated film. No hint at all here of the characters she later portrayed like Lillian Roth or Barbara Graham.

Beau Geste is the kind of adventure story for those who like their heroes gallant and romantic as so many of us do.

Classic war movie
I’ve only rarely had this reaction to a movie before: at the time I’m watching it, I can’t wait for it to be over, and days later as it mellows in my head, I realize it was a pretty good movie. Beau Geste is a classic war film, and it’s the type of movie that could have been nominated for Best Picture at the Oscars, but it happened to be released during a highly competitive year. Here at Hot Toasty Rag, it was nominated for both Best Picture and Best Director, William Wellman.

Three brothers, Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston, are close to their aunt, Heather Thatcher. Heather’s entire means of support comes from a massive blue sapphire, but when money is tight and she has to make arrangements to sell the family heirloom, the brothers make a move to protect her that has drastic consequences. Someone steals the sapphire, and the other brothers chase after him. All three wind up in the French Foreign Legion, and under the mercy of tough commander Brian Donlevy.

Besides Heather, and a couple of romantic scenes between Susan Hayward and Ray Milland, there are no other women in the movie. This is a macho, brotherly love movie about soldiers and the bonds of friendship being thicker than blood. Brian is the typical tough sergeant we’ve come to know and love in the movies, but he’s incredible smart, shrewd, and a great soldier. Even though he does tend to be heavy handed in his punishments, the audience can’t help but admire his war strategy.

One absolutely darling bonus to the movie is a scene early on showing the household growing up as children together. Fourteen-year-old Donald O’Connor plays young Gary Cooper! He’s such a doll, you’ll wish a more likable counterpart was cast as his grown-up self. I never find Gary very likable, and since he’s the title character and responsible for the entire mess of the movie, I couldn’t help but wish he’d had better decision-making skills. If someone like Errol Flynn had been cast as Beau Geste, I probably wouldn’t mind what he does. Errol’s charming, magnetic, and seems like he has good intentions, which is how Beau Geste’s character was supposed to be.

If you like war movies that shy away from blood and guts, since it was made in 1939, you’ll probably want to rent Beau Geste. It’s a classic, and easily confused with Gunga Din, Four Feathers, and Under Two Flags, but there’s an enormously eerie scene in the beginning of the film that you’ll never forget. What is so bone-chilling, you wonder? You’ll have to watch it to find out.

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 52 min (112 min)
Budget 0
Revenue 0
Status Released
Rated Passed
Genre Action, Adventure, Drama
Director William A. Wellman
Writer Robert Carson, Percival Christopher Wren
Actors Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston
Country United States
Awards Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 nominations total
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
Aspect Ratio 1.37 : 1
Camera N/A
Laboratory Paramount Studio Laboratory, USA (uncredited)
Film Length (12 reels), 3,050 m (Yugoslavia)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Spherical
Printed Film Format 35 mm