Beau Ideal is a 1931 English-language Adventure Romance film written by Paul Schofield, Elizabeth Meehan and Marie Halvey. The movie is directed by Herbert Brenon and Ray Lissner and produced by Herbert Brenon under the banner of RKO Radio Pictures. In England, Otis Madison learns from the girl that he loves, Isobel Brandon, that the man she loves is his best friend, John Geste, and so there is nothing that Otis can do but stiffen his upper lip and set sail for Morocco and tell John that he is the man that Isobel loves. This is not easy to do as John is confined to a prison for disgraced Legionaires and the people who put him there aren't overly concerned about who Isobel loves. But the resourceful John promises his love to an Arabian beauty, Zuleika, the 'Angel of Death', which gets him out of prison, and then he has to go after the evil Emir who caused him to fall into disgrace. Isobel waits patiently in England. Written by Les Adams. Beau ideal stars Ralph Forbes in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Loretta Young, Irene Rich, Lester Vail, Frank Mccormick, Otto Matieson and Don Alvarado. The film is based on Beau Ideal by P. C. Wren. The music was composed by Max Steiner. Cinematography was done by J. Roy Hunt and editing by Herbert Brenon. The movie has a running time of 82-79 minutes. It was released on 25th January 1931. Beau Ideal was made on a budget of $0 million and at the box office it grossed only $0 million. Distribution rights for the movie were acquired by RKO Radio Pictures.