In1939agroupofcollegestudentsmadeaparodyoftheclassicadventureBeauGeste(1939)onthesamedesertfortsetusedbytheoriginal.WhenParamountPictureslearnedoftheunauthorizedproject,theyorderedthekidstoburnallprintsandnegatives.Thisdocumentaryfeaturesinterviewswiththethreesurvivingfilmmakersandactors(allnowintheir90s),rarephotographstakenonthesetandfootagefromtheparodyitself--unseensince1940.—Anonymous