Beat the Devil
They’re Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!
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Beat the Devil
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DVD Details
- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 1 hours, 33 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: April 13, 1999
- Originally Released: 1953
- Label: Echo Bridge
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre & Jennifer Jones | |
Performer: | Robert Morley, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Bernard Lee, Marco Tulli & Tony Curtis | |
Directed by | John Huston | |
Edited by | Ralph Kemplen | |
Screenplay by | John Huston & Truman Capote | |
Composition by | Franco Mannino | |
Cinematography by | Oswald Morris | |
Art Direction by | Wilfred Shingleton | |
Produced by | John Huston |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/5 --
You have to wonder what Capote and John Huston were thinking in trying to make a satire that didn't have any actual jokes.
Filmcritic.com
Perhaps the oddest film Humphrey Bogart ever made.
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Combustible Celluloid
A clever if confusing spoof of the genre pictures [John] Huston had made in a more serious manner in previous years
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Film Journal International
...The movie has above all effortless charm....We can relax and share the amusement of the actors, who are essentially being asked to share their playfulness...
Chicago Sun-Times
Rating: 4/4 --
If Beat the Devil puzzled audiences on its first release, it has charmed them since.
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Chicago Sun-Times
Capote's dialogue is often witty...and the actors seem to be enjoying themselves.
Sight and Sound
An informal comedy that is at times critical, entertaining, and even discursive. [Full Review in Spanish]
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El Pais (Spain)
Product Description:
John Huston and Truman Capote co-wrote the screenplay while working on location. A whimsical parody of The Maltese Falcon and other 1940's detective movies in which Bogart so often starred (and Huston directed).Tells of the exploits of a group of travelers on a steamboat who each hopes to carry off a huge swindle in the uranium fields of Northern Africa. While not a commercial success upon its release, the film has come to define the genre of spy movie spoofs.
Keywords:
Action
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Adventure
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Thieves
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Scams And Cons
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All-Star
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Recommended
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Africa
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Theatrical Release
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Crime
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Italy
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1950s
Product Info
- Sales Rank: 123,417
- UPC: 096009025434
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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