Beat the Devil (Blu-ray)

They’re Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!
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Format:  Blu-ray BD-R
item number:  645XD
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Blu-ray BD-R Details

  • Rated: Not Rated
  • Run Time: 1 hours, 29 minutes
  • Video: Black & White
  • Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
  • Released: September 4, 2015
  • Originally Released: 1954
  • Label: Film Detective

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Directed by
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Screenplay by &
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Art Direction by
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Entertainment Reviews:

Fresh75%

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Total Count: 16

Spilled54%

AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 2,879
he film ranges from the diffident to the grotesque, with Huston selecting his lenses to make the performers look as freakish as possible. Full Review
Chicago Reader
Jan 1, 2000
Rating: C+ -- It looks like it's going to be a riot, but turns out almost laugh free. Full Review
Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Aug 23, 2009
It operates under the assumption that everyone in it is drunk, lusty, a little crooked, and a little crazy, and once you tune in to their wavelength, it's fun to just hang out with them for an hour and a half. Full Review
Flavorwire
Feb 17, 2017
Rating: 1/5 -- An all-star home movie.
Film Threat
Jan 11, 2008
Their production is sheer picaresque adventure, which darts from point to point as their fancy takes it -- and sparkles with mordant humor. Full Review
Daily Telegraph (Australia)
Apr 1, 2019
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
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.
Also includes a biographical documentary, HUMPHREY BOGART ON FILM, presented by Tony Curtis.

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Product Info

  • UPC: 818522011592
  • Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
  • International Shipping: 1 item

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