Beau Geste - 1966

Condition: Very Good/Excellent

Folded as Issued

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Size: 14 x 30 inches (36 x 76 cm)

An original Australian Daybill poster for the 1966 release of “Beau Geste”

An American adventure film based on the 1924 novel by P. C. Wren, filmed by Universal Pictures near Yuma, Arizona and directed by Douglas Heyes.

This is the least faithful of the various film adaptations of the original novel. In this version, there are only two brothers, rather than three, and there are no sequences showing Beau's life prior to his joining the Legion.

After his business partner embezzles funds, American Beau Graves, innocent of the crime, takes the fall. To avoid capture, Graves joins the French Foreign Legion on a deployment to North Africa and is stationed at a desert fort. Commanders of the fort, Lt. De Ruse and Sgt. Maj. Dagineau have greatly different approaches - Dagineau is known for his brutality. Eventually, Graves' brother joins him, but his plight only worsens.

"The World's Immortal Adventure!"

Tags: Australian 1960s Daybill Adventure Action War American