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Nov 26, 2000 · The village band pounds out an oompah-pah tune, as police march four disreputable characters across the square. Already we're smiling. One is tall and round, one is tall and cadaverous, one is short and round and the fourth is a little rat face with a bristling mustache. On the soundtrack, Humphrey Bogart tells us they are all criminals, but we know that; they were born looking guilty.
Watch Beat the Devil with a subscription on Prime Video, rent on Fandango at Home, or buy on Fandango at Home. Billy and Maria Dannreuther are among a number of travelers stranded in Italy en ...
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- Humphrey Bogart
- John Huston
- Romulus Films Ltd.
Sep 24, 2014 · Beat the Devil screens at the BFI Southbank, London SE1, as part of the BFI’s Peter Lorre season on 4 and 6 October. Peter Lorre: master of the macabre; Explore more on these topics.
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Mar 29, 2019 · March 29, 2019. John Huston’s “Beat the Devil,” the Humphrey Bogart vehicle once advertised as a decade ahead of its time, is now an official senior citizen, having opened in New York 65 ...
Beat The Devil (directed by John Huston, who co-wrote the script with the up-and-coming Truman Capote) improvises a loose, comic riff on the international adventure genre. Thankfully, it's not unhinged or absurd enough to be a dreaded `spoof,' and emphatically not one (as it's become a commonplace to assume) of the noir cycle.
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.
