If you have about eighty minutes and a high tolerance for the kind of 'noble sacrifice' plots that fueled the late 1920s, The Foreign Legion is a decent way to spend an afternoon. It’s not going to change your life, and it definitely won't change your mind about silent melodramas, but it has a specific, dusty charm. It...
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"If you have about eighty minutes and a high tolerance for the kind of 'noble sacrifice' plots that fueled the late 1920s, The Foreign Legion is a decent way to spend an afternoon. It’s not going to change your life, and it definitely won't change your mind about silent melodramas, but it has a specific, dusty charm. It’s the kind of movie that works best if you’re already a fan of Lewis Stone or if you just enjoy watching people in heavy wool uniforms sweat in the desert. If you’re looking for a..."
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