Book review - "Films of the French Foreign Legion" by Philip Leibfriend (2011)

Enjoyable overview of a lively genre of movies, a genre dominated by adaptations/rip-offs of two main works, Under Two Flags and Beau Geste (even if as pointed out here the former isn't technically set in the French foreign legions). The book offers synopsis and credit listings for major film works; I would have liked more history about the legion and the making of the books. However it is strong on areas not always touched on in Hollywood histories, such as non English movies about the legion, silent films and play adaptations.