Beau Geste

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Beau Geste is a 1924 novel by P. C. Wren, which has been adapted to film several times.

[edit] Plot summary

Although minor plot points separate the versions, all of the versions share a common element of a stolen gem, which one of the Geste brothers, Michael "Beau" Geste, is thought to have stolen from his adoptive family. He subsequently runs away to join the French Foreign Legion; in some adaptations, more than one of the Geste brothers joins him or goes to find him.

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

• Beau Geste, (1926) starring Ronald Colman
• Beau Geste, (1939) with Gary Cooper
• Beau Geste, (1966) with Guy Stockwell
• Omnibus: The British Hero (1973 BBC TV documentary/selected dramatised scenes) with Christopher Cazenove
• The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977 parody)
• Beau Geste (1982 BBC mini-series)