Time Bandits

1981 film by Terry Gilliam with John Cleese, Sean Connery.

Fantasy about a group of little people who are on the run from the Supreme Being and drag a boy along with them throughout time. Along the way they meet Napoleon and other historical figures and try their best to rob them all.

Fun film.

Loved the Robin Hood segment with Cleese.

Rollicking good adventure that bogs down here and there but very different and imaginative.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0081633/

Beau Geste

Another terrific film from 1939 (What was it about that year?).

Gary Cooper, Ray Milland, Robert Preston, and Brian Donlevy star in this story about honor, duty, and redemption.

Great opening draws you into this French Foreign Legion adventure where three brothers combat the enemy and their sadistic officer. Sentimental ending ( I won't spoil it) is memorable.

There were two other versions I am aware of: a silent film version starring Ronald Colman and a '60s remake with Telly Savales. But this is the first one I saw and it has stuck with me.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0031088/