Beat the Devil

They’re Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!
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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

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,879
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
Sep 27, 2002
Perhaps the oddest film Humphrey Bogart ever made. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Oct 15, 2005
A clever if confusing spoof of the genre pictures [John] Huston had made in a more serious manner in previous years Full Review
Film Journal International
Feb 16, 2017
...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
Nov 26, 2000
Rating: 4/4 -- If Beat the Devil puzzled audiences on its first release, it has charmed them since. Full Review
Chicago Sun-Times
Feb 13, 2001
Capote's dialogue is often witty...and the actors seem to be enjoying themselves.
Sight and Sound
Nov 1, 2004
An informal comedy that is at times critical, entertaining, and even discursive. [Full Review in Spanish] Full Review
El Pais (Spain)
Aug 16, 2019

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.

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  • Sales Rank: 123,417
  • UPC: 096009025434
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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