..Civil liberties are being trampled on in your city.Good people are living in fear...He thinks he""s above the law." Bruce responded by also being critical of theDaily Planet""s hypocritical praise of the superhero, and Superman""s actual threat o humanity if he suddenly went rogue.Aunt Belle: But Julie, think of Pres.Julie: That""s just exactly what I am thinkin"" of.At the Bogardus"" mansion, the General advises Preston hat Julie, with whom he had a "fuss" at the bank, is "high-headed and willful.They had expected to take a different path to their teacher""s place, but were somehow directed to take a different way:We must""ve takenthe wrong forka few miles back.Here the fortunate ones through money or influence or luck might obtain exit visas and scurry to Lisbon, and from Lisbon to the New World.This is the best-remembered film version of the novel, but there were others:it was previously filmed as a silent by director Herbert Brenon in 1926, starring Ronald Colmanit was remade in 1966 by director Douglas Heyes, with Telly Savalas as the cruel, sadistic sergeant at the fortcomedian Marty Feldman directed and starred in Universal""s parodyThe Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977), with cleverly-edited footage from the 1939 version spliced inThe film received two Academy Awards nominations (with no wins): Brian Donlevy received his only Academy Award nomination (Best Supporting Actor) for his performance as the sadistic, horrendous Sergeant Markoff - the film changed his nationality from French to Russian to avoid offending the French legionnaires and French film audiences.