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Beau Geste or Gunga Din?


Both are great adventure movies made in 1939, which do you prefer?

I personally prefer Beau Geste a little bit more?

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It's been a while since I've seen either film, but I'll give the slightest of edges to Gunga Din.

The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (another film I haven't seen in a while) is also very good.

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Beau Geste, hands down. Beau Geste didn't establish itself as a goofy comedy and then try to become a realistic war film in the last reel. It stayed far more true to its goal.

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Beau Geste, I actually enjoyed that film, this not at all.




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I like Gunga Din a little more, but Beau Geste is a great movie too. That first scene is haunting.






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