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Beat the Devil is a 1951 thriller written by Claud Cockburn under the pseudonym James Helvick. Cockburn used the pseudonym, though he had left the British Communist Party in 1947, he was still considered a "Red" during the early years of the Cold War, which was rife with anti-communist sentiment.
- Claud Cockburn
- 1951
Helvick, James. BEAT THE DEVIL. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company, (1951). First edition. A REVIEW COPY with slip laid in. Helvick was the pseudonym of Claud Cockburn, a noted British radical journalist.
- James Helvick
Huston and Truman Capote wrote the screenplay, loosely based upon the 1951 novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn writing under the pseudonym James Helvick. Huston made the film as a sort of loose parody of the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, which Huston directed and in which Bogart and Lorre appeared.
Loosely based upon a novel of the same name by British journalist and critic Claud Cockburn; pseudonym James Helvick. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Marco Tulli, Bernard Lee and Saro Urzì.Synopsis: A quartet of international crooks - Peterson, O'Hara ...
3,654 reviews 79 followers. May 6, 2023. Beat the Devil by Claud Cockburn, publishing under the pseudonym James Helvick, because in the McCarthy years publishers avoided writers with previous communist activity, and Claud Cockburn had been an agitator. 8 out of 10.
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- Claud Cockburn
Mar 29, 2011 · Product Description. In this sly satire on British imperialist pretensions, Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) receives a confidential tip regarding uranium mines in Kenya. He devises a scheme to buy up the land as cheaply as possible, but his corrupt plans are temporarily stalled by a transportation problem.
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James Helvick, Truman Capote, John Huston Distributor Columbia TriStar Home Video , Madacy Entertainment Group Inc. [us] , Reel Media International [us] , United Artists , LS Video , Hollywood ...
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- Romance, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Adventure
