Beau Geste

     

Beau Geste1939

Director: William A. Wellman
Stars: Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, Brian Donlevy, Susan Hayward
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Runtime: 112 minutes

Gary Cooper plays the oldest of three brothers who join the French Foreign Legion to cover a mysterious theft, and are soon caught up in high adventures. The opening scene in a fort full of corpses sticks in the memory forever, and Brian Donlevy's r… more »


Sergeant Markoff:
Discipline makes the strength of armies. It is necessary that superiors obtain from their subordinates immediate obedience without murmuring. Discipline will be firm but it will also be fatherly. Officers must use psychology when dealing with men. Any questions about the regulations? I am Sgt. Markoff. I make soldiers out of scum like you, and I don't do it gently. You're the sloppiest looking lot I've ever seen. It's up to me to prevent you from becoming a disgrace to the regiment. And I will prevent that if I have to kill half of you with work. But the half that lives will be soldiers - I promise you.

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