List of films featuring the French Foreign Legion

This is a list of films featuring the French Foreign Legion in which the Foreign Legion is portrayed either through its plot or by a main character.

The Foreign Legion is an elite unit of the French army, established in 1831, and it has seen action throughout the world, recently in Africa and the Middle East. It has been featured in a large number of films, including a number about the legion itself, such as 1949's Outpost in Morocco.

List of films

Title Director Notable cast Summary Released NotesAbbott and Costello in the Foreign LegionCharles LamontBud Abbott, Lou Costello1950Adventure in SaharaD. Ross LedermanPaul Kelly, C. Henry Gordon, and Lorna GrayStationed at Fort Agadez, a lonely French desert outpost in Algeria, Legionnaire Jim Wilson leads a mutiny against his cruel and oppressive commanding officer Captain Savatt.1938Alarm in MoroccoJean DevaivreJean-Claude Pascal, Erich von Stroheim, and Gianna Maria Canale1953Ali Baba BoundRobert ClampettMel Blanc (voice)Porky Pig discovers a plot by Ali-Baba and his Dirty Sleeves to attack his fort and rushes to warn his fellow legionnaires, only to discover everyone has left for the Legion convention in Boston, and is forced to single-handedly defend the fort with his rented camel.1940Animated short filmArabian TightsHal RoachCharley Chase, Muriel Evans, and Carlton Griffin After being coerced into joining the Foreign Legion, Charley and his friends are captured and imprisoned by an Arabian sultan. 1933Comedy shortBeau GesteHerbert BrenonRonald Colman, Neil Hamilton, and Ralph Forbes1926Based on the novel of the same nameBeau GesteWilliam A. WellmanGary Cooper, Ray Milland, and Robert Preston1939Beau GesteDouglas HeyesGuy Stockwell, Doug McClure, and Leslie Nielsen1966The Last Remake of Beau GesteMarty FeldmanMarty Feldman, Ann-Margret, and Michael York 1977Beau GesteDouglas CamfieldBenedict Taylor, Anthony Calf, and Jonathon Morris1982Television mini-seriesBeau HunksJames W. HorneStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and James W. Horne Oliver joins the Foreign Legion after being jilted by his girlfriend dragging his best friend Stanley along with him.1931Beau IdealHerbert BrenonRalph Forbes, Loretta Young, and Irene Rich Otis Madison joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend held prisoner in Morocco.1931Beau SabreurJohn WatersGary Cooper, Evelyn Brent, and Noah Beery1928Lost filmBeau TravailClaire DenisDenis Lavant, Michel Subor, and Grégoire Colin Galoup reflects on his career as a Foreign Legion officer, leading troops in the Gulf of Djibouti, and his jealous rivalry with young recruit Gilles Sentain. 1999Awards: 5 totalCaptain Gallant of the Foreign LegionLester FullerBuster Crabbe, Fuzzy Knight, and Cullen Crabbe This early U.S. television series followed the adventures of Capt. Michael Gallant and his fellow Foreign Legionnaires1955-1957One of the few American television series in the 1950s to be filmed outside the US, most being limited to California, with the show being shot on location in Morocco. Several episodes were edited into the 1954 film Desert Outpost.China GateSamuel FullerGene Barry, Angie Dickinson, and Nat King ColeSergeant Brock and Goldie, ex-American Korean War veterans serving as French Foreign Legion mercenaries in the First Indochina War, are ordered to lead a squad to blow up an arms depot near the Chinese border.1957Desert HellCharles Marquis WarrenBrian Keith, Barbara Hale, and Richard Denning1958Desert LegionJoseph PevneyAlan Ladd, Richard Conte, and Arlene Dahl1953Desert SandsLesley SelanderRalph Meeker, Marla English, and J. Carrol Naish1955The Desert SongRoy Del RuthJohn Boles, Carlotta King, and Louise Fazenda1929Based on the operatta of the same name.The Desert SongRobert FloreyDennis Morgan, Irene Manning, and Bruce Cabot1943The Desert SongH. Bruce HumberstoneKathryn Grayson, Gordon MacRae, and Steve Cochran1953The Devil's in LoveWilliam DieterleVictor Jory, Loretta Young, and Vivienne Osborne1933Drums of the DesertGeorge WaggnerRalph Byrd, Lorna Gray, and George Lynn1940Due della legione stranieraLucio FulciFranco and Ciccio, and Alighiero Noschese1962Escape from SaharaWolfgang StaudteHildegard Knef, Bernhard Wicki and Hannes Messemer1958Escape to the Foreign LegionLouis RalphHans Stüwe, Alexander Murski, Eva von Berne1929Flesh and the WomanRobert SiodmakGina Lollobrigida, Jean-Claude Pascal, and Peter van Eyck1954Die Flucht aus der HölleHans-Erich KorbschmittArmin Mueller-Stahl1960The Flying DeucesA. Edward SutherlandStan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, and Jean Parker1939Follow that CamelGerald ThomasPhil Silvers, Kenneth Williams, and Jim Dale1967The Foreign LegionEdward SlomanNorman Kerry, Lewis Stone, and Crauford Kent1928Considered a lost film.Fort AlgiersLesley SelanderYvonne De Carlo, Carlos Thompson, and Raymond Burr1953Fremdenlegionär KirschPhilipp Lothar MayringMax Kirsch, Philipp Lothar Mayring, Benno Norbert1921Le Grand JeuJacques FeyderMarie Bell, Pierre Richard-Willm, and Charles Vanel1934Hermoso IdealAlejandro GalindoConchita Martínez, Rodolfo Landa, and Alejandro Ciangherotti Version of Beau Ideal (1931)1948InvincibleBlackie KoDave Wong, Sharla Cheung and Blackie Ko A timid triad member fled to France with his lover after killing a rival gang boss accidentally, in order to earn a living and to gain a French nationality, he joins the Foreign Legion.1992JuarezWilliam DieterlePaul Muni, Bette Davis, and Brian Aherne1939Jump into HellDavid ButlerJacques Sernas, Peter van Eyck, and Marcel Dalio1955Legion of Missing MenHamilton MacFaddenRalph Forbes, Ben Alexander, and Hala Linda1937Legion of the DoomedThor L. BrooksBill Williams, Dawn Richard, and Anthony Caruso1958Legione StranieraBasilio FranchinaViviane Romance, Marc Lawrence, and Alberto Farnese1953LegionnairePeter MacDonaldJean-Claude Van Damme, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Steven BerkoffA 1920s boxer who wins a fight after having been hired by gangsters to lose it, then flees to join the French Foreign Legion1998LionheartSheldon LettichJean-Claude Van Damme, Harrison Page, and Deborah RennardWhen his brother is seriously injured, a paratrooper legionnaire returns to Los Angeles to enter the underground fighting circuit to raise money for his brother's family1990Little Beau PorkyFrank Tashlin (as Frank Tash)Joe Dougherty (voice, uncredited), Billy Bletcher (vocie, uncredited)Porky Pig is ordered by his Commandant to wash the Commanadant's camel. A cable arrives, saying that Ali Mode's Riff Raffs have attacked, and the Commandant and everyone except Porky march to the rescue. However, Ali Mode and his men later attack the fort and Porky must defend his post single-handedly.1936Animated short filmLost in the LegionFred C. NewmeyerA. Bromley Davenport, Betty Fields and Leslie Fuller1934A Man Called SargeStuart GillardGary Kroeger, Gretchen German, and Marc Singer1990March or DieDick RichardsGene Hackman, Terence Hill, and Catherine Deneuve1977Marcia o CrepaFrank WisbarStewart Granger, Dorian Gray, and Carlos Casaravilla1962Known as The Legion's Last Patrol in the United Kingdom and Commando in the United States.Marocco en het VreemdelingenlegioenTheo Frenkel1912La Légion saute sur KolweziRaoul CoutardBruno Cremer, Mimsy Farmer, and Giuliano GemmaBased on the French intervention during the 1978 military coup in Kolwezi.1980Known as Military Coup in Kolwezi in the United States.Les MorfalousHenri VerneuilJean-Paul Belmondo, Jacques Villeret, and Michel Constantin1984MoroccoJosef von SternbergGary Cooper, Marlene Dietrich, and Adolphe Menjou1930Film was selected to the National Film Registry in 1992.The MummyStephen SommersBrendan Fraser, Rachel Weisz, and John Hannah1999Outpost in MoroccoRobert FloreyGeorge Raft, Marie Windsor, and Akim Tamiroff1949RenegadesVictor FlemingWarner Baxter, Myrna Loy, and Noah Beery1930Rogues' RegimentRobert FloreyDick Powell, Märta Torén, and Vincent Price1948SavateIsaac FlorentineOlivier Gruner1995SaviorPredrag AntonijevicDennis Quaid, Nastassja Kinski, and Pascal Rollin1998Scorching SandsHal Roach, Robin WilliamsonStan Laurel, James Finlayson, and Katherine Grant1923Secondhand LionsTim McCanliesHaley Joel Osment, Michael Caine, and Robert Duvall2003Sergeant XVladimir StrizhevskyIvan Mozzhukhin, Trude von Molo, and Peter Voß1932Sergeant X of the Foreign LegionBernard BorderieNoëlle Adam, Christian Marquand, and Paul Guers1960Sergio GriecoPeter Strauss, Tina Aumont, and Pier Paolo Capponi1971Known as Man of Legend internationally.Siren of AtlantisGregg G. TallasMaria Montez, Jean-Pierre Aumont, and Dennis O'Keefe1949Ten Tall MenWillis GoldbeckBurt Lancaster, Jody Lawrance, and Gilbert Roland1951The Three MusketeersColbert Clark, Armand SchaeferJack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Ralph Bushman, and John Wayne1933The Three Musketeers serial was edited into the 1946 film Desert Command.TimbuktuJacques TourneurVictor Mature, Yvonne De Carlo and George Dolenz1959Totò sceiccoMario MattoliTotò1950Trouble in MoroccoErnest B. SchoedsackJack Holt, Mae Clarke and Paul Hurst1937Two Mules for Sister SaraDon SiegelShirley MacLaine, Clint EastwoodTwo fortune hunting mercenaries assist Mexican revolutionaries to fight the French.1970Set during the French intervention in MexicoUn de la légionChristian-JaqueFernandel, Robert Le Vigan, and Daniel Mendaille1936Under Two FlagsJ. Gordon EdwardsTheda Bara, Herbert Heyes, and Stuart Holmes1916Based on the novel of the same name. Considered a lost film.Under Two FlagsTod BrowningPriscilla Dean, James Kirkwood and John Davidson1922Under Two FlagsFrank LloydRonald Colman, Claudette Colbert, and Victor McLaglen1936Under Two JagsGeorge JeskeStan Laurel1923The UnknownGeorge MelfordLou Tellegen, Theodore Roberts, and Dorothy Davenport1915Wages of VirtueAllan DwanGloria Swanson, Ben Lyon, Norman Trevor, Ivan Linow, Armand Cortes, Adrienne D'Ambricourt1924Wee Wee MonsieurDel LordMoe Howard, Larry Fine, and Curly Howard1938Comedy shortWe're in the Legion Now!Crane WilburReginald Denny, Esther Ralston and Vince Barnett1936The Winding StairJohn Griffith WrayAlma Rubens, Edmund Lowe and Warner Oland1950

Further reading Guinle, Pierre and Giuseppe Ricci. Filmografia Della Legione Straniera. Rimini: Cineteca del Comune di Rimini, 1992 78p. Series Title: Riminicinema: Quaderni della cineteca; 9. Leibfried, Philip The Films of the French Foreign Legion Bear Manor Media (November 10, 2011)