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Beat the Devil (1953) - Movie Browser

Bogart, uranium scams, and a script written daily on set chaos — what could go wrong?

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screwball noirMediterranean messcon artist chaos

Overview

Comedy Adventure

A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.

Content warning

dark comedy satire husband wife relationship thief liar black and white beach lie film noir narration+5 more

moral rot of colonial greedperformance of respectabilitymarriage as transactional farce

Standout Aspects

Writing

Truman Capote rewrote daily while drunk, and it shows gloriously

Acting

Jennifer Jones commits to the most unhinged British accent in cinema history

Direction

Huston allegedly lost the script and nobody noticed

Best for:Streaming·Friends·Rewatch

Director

John Huston

ReleasedNov 24, 1953

Runtime1h 35m

StatusReleased

Vibe

Pacesteady

Intensitylow

Tonemixed

Feellight

Budget$1M

Romulus Films

Rizzoli-Haggiag

Top Cast

Humphrey Bogart

Billy Dannreuther

Jennifer Jones

Gwendolen Chelm

Gina Lollobrigida

Maria Dannreuther

Robert Morley

Peterson

Peter Lorre

Julius O'Hara

Edward Underdown

Harry Chelm

Ivor Barnard

Maj. Jack Ross

Marco Tulli

Ravello

Bernard Lee

Insp. Jack Clayton

Giulio Donnini

Administrator

Saro Urzì

Captain of SS Nyanga

Juan de Landa

Hispano-Suiza Driver

Aldo Silvani

Charles

Mimmo Poli

Barman (uncredited)

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