The story
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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Gary CooperBeau Geste
Ray MillandJohn Geste
Robert PrestonDigby Geste
Brian DonlevySergeant Markoff
Susan HaywardIsobel Rivers
J. Carrol NaishRasinoff
Albert DekkerSchwartz
Broderick CrawfordHank Miller
Charles BartonBuddy McMonigal
James StephensonMajor Henri de Beaujolais
Heather ThatcherLady Patricia Brandon
James BurkeLieutenant DufourExplore the crew
- Director
- William A. Wellman
- Producer
- William A. Wellman
- Director of Photography
- Archie Stout
- Director of Photography
- Theodor Sparkuhl
- Original Music Composer
- Alfred Newman
- Editor
- Thomas Scott
- Screenplay
- Robert Carson