Beat the Devil

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Directed by

John Huston

Starring (View all)

Humphrey Bogart
Billy Dannreuther

Jennifer Jones
Gwendolen Chelm

Gina Lollobrigida
Maria Dannreuther

Robert Morley
Peterson

Peter Lorre
Julius O'Hara

Edward Underdown
Harry Chelm

Ivor Barnard
Maj. Jack Ross

Marco Tulli
Ravello

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Truman Capote
(screenplay) and

John Huston
(screenplay)

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LA BURLA DEL DIABLO (1953)

12 years, 5 months ago at Nov 23 12:29

Rath

Que tanto el director como el guionista y algunos de sus principales actores pusieran el alcohol como principal protagonista de esta película durante sus reuniones fuera del rodaje, es más que apreciable con echarle un simple vistazo. Desconozco si será por el efecto del whisky en sus ya bastante desmadradas personalidades, pero la verdad es que la narración se resiente en cuanto a saltos en s... read more

Beat the Devil

6 years, 5 months ago at Nov 19 17:44

JxSxPx

From the first frame on this thing just screams “cult classic” with its pervasive close-ups of character actors, a compulsively watchable hang-out vibe, and a sense that all of the action is taking place with gigantic quotes around it. Beat the Devil, easily the oddest film in Humphrey Bogart and Jennifer Jones’ bodies of work, is a charming satire of the kind of films John Huston made with ... read more

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A quartet of international crooks (Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello) are stranded in Italy whilst their steamer is being repaired. With them are the an English couple, the Dannreuthers. The 6 are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but all is not as it seems.

Release date: 17 December 1953
UPC: 677379019096

Tags: Adventure (4), Comedy (3), Africa (3), Murder (3), Uranium (3), Usa (2), Based On Novel (2), Black Comedy (2), Lie (2), 1950s (2), Lifeboat (2), Drama (2), 1953 (2), Italy (2), Port (1), Car In Water (1), Scheme (1), 50s (1), Double Cross (1), Car Trouble (1)

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