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- With so much scene-stealing going on, it's possible to forget this is ostensibly a Humphrey Bogart movie. But while Beat the Devil is full of quirky characters and has numerous funny little moments, it doesn't have much point beside that. The humour is never exactly hilarious because the whole thing really doesn't seem conceived as a comedy.
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Nov 26, 2000 · 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.
Mar 29, 2019 · “Beat the Devil” is a film whose supposed shortcomings are actually its appealing qualities.
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]
Apr 7, 2022 · It stars Humphrey Bogart and was directed by John Huston and bears a striking resemblance to The Maltese Falcon, Casablanca, and a few other movies that you could think of from around that...
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Apr 9, 2013 · 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.
Mar 4, 2020 · Beat the Devil is a film that improves with each watch, once the initial sense of bewilderment is exorcised and the quite reasonable expectation of a storyline is quashed. The most famous speech in the film goes to Lorre, who waxes lyrical about the nature of time: “Swiss manufacture it.
Beat the Devil Reviews. It’s wilfully nutty, but the dialogue from Truman Capote is sublime. Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Apr 29, 2022. I don't know what John Huston was thinking to ...
