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Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film directed by John Huston, starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, and Gina Lollobrigida, in her American debut, and featuring Robert Morley, Peter Lorre and Bernard Lee. [5]
Beat the Devil: Directed by John Huston. With Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley. On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple.
John Huston‘s “Beat the Devil” (1953) shows how much Hollywood has lost by devaluing its character actors. In an age when a $20 million star must be on the screen every second, this picture could not be made.
Beat the Devil (1953) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Billy and Maria Dannreuther are among a number of travelers stranded in Italy en route to Africa. While the Dannreuthers seem like an average couple, they have the same goal as Mrs. Gwendolen ...
Beat the Devil -- (Movie Clip) Typical American American Billy (Humphrey Bogart) entertains the fantastical English Gwendolyn (Jennifer Jones) at the Italian villa he claims he used to own, in John Huston's Beat the Devil, 1954, from a script by Huston and Truman Capote.
A quartet of international crooks (Peterson, O'Hara, Ross, and Ravello) are stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the an English couple, the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but all is not as it seems.
The plot of Beat The Devil involves a band of four motley characters intent on stealing uranium from British East Africa for a quick profit, in a land deal brokered by the Bogart character,(named Billy Dannreuther).
Beat The Devil (1953) Directed by John Huston. Co-written by John Huston and Truman Capote . Loosely based upon a novel of the same name by British journalist and critic Claud Cockburn; pseudonym James Helvick.
Beat the Devil. 1953 · 1 hr 34 min. TV-PG. Adventure · Comedy · Crime. As part of a get-rich-quick scheme, a band of mysterious and wacky double-crossers travel to Africa to get their hands on valuable uranium. Subtitles: English.