The Last Remake of Beau Geste


The Last Remake of Beau Geste is a 1977 American historical comedy film. It starred and was also directed and cowritten by Marty Feldman. It is a satire loosely based on the novel Beau Geste, a frequentlyfilmed story of brothers and their adventures in the French Foreign Legion. The humor is based heavily upon wordplay and absurdity. Feldman plays Digby Geste, the awkward and clumsy identical twin brother of Michael Yorks Beau, the dignified, aristocratic swashbuckler.

The cast features AnnMargret as the brothers adoptive mother, Peter Ustinov as the brutal Sergeant Markov, and Sinad Cusack as sister Isabel Geste, with Spike Milligan Crumble the Butler, Burt Kwouk Father Shapiro, James Earl Jones Arab Chief, Avery Schreiber Arab Chieftain Used Camel Salesman, TerryThomas Warden, Trevor Howard Sir Hector, Henry Gibson General Pecheur, Roy Kinnear Corporal Boldini and Ed McMahon Arab Horseman in supporting roles.The film was shot on location in Madrid, and in Ireland at Ardmore Studios in Bray, and on location at Kilmainham Gaol in Dublin and Adare Manor near Limerick. ........

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