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. 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. Capote said, "John [Huston] and I decided to kid the story, to treat it as a parody. Instead of another Maltese Falcon, we turned it into a... [spoof] on this type of film."
Beat the Devil (1953)
Directed by John Huston
Genres - Action-Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance |
Sub-Genres - Parody Film |
Release Date - Nov 26, 1953 |
Run Time - 95 min. |
Countries - United States of America |
MPAA Rating - NR
Description by Wikipedia
Movie Info
Official Site
Budget
$1,000,000
Tags
Africa, Husband Wife Relationship, Uranium
Attributes
Narrative Location: Italy
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Alternate Titles
Afrika kincse
HU
Afrikan aarre
FI
Bate diavolul
RO
Beat the Devil
AU, CA, EC, GB, US
Dood aan de duivel
BE
Fuld af løgn
DK
Full av løgn
NO
Il tesoro dell'Africa
IT
Kto pierwszy, ten lepszy
PL
La burla del diablo
AR, ES, VE
Mai tare ca diavolul
RO
Medelhavsligan
SE
Mocnejsi od hudica
SI
Mort au diable
BE
Nadmudri đavola
HR
O Diabo Riu por Último
BR
O Tesouro de África
PT
Ördögi kör
HU
Pio dynatos ap' to diavolo
GR
Plus fort que le diable
CA, FR
Pobij diabla
PL
Sarışın şeytan
TR
Schach dem Teufel
AT, DE
Skälmarnas marknad
SE
Svindlernes marked
NO
Πιο δυνατός απ' τον διάβολο
GR
Надпревара
BG
Посрами дьявола
RU
悪魔をやっつけろ
JP
비트 더 데블
KR