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Beat the Devil (1953) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Jan 22, 2002
• R2: 20 Mar 2000
Budget $1,000,000
Running Time
1 hour, 40 minutes
Country UK, USA, Italy
Studio British Lion Films, Independent Film Distributors, United Artists
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Other Titles
• Beat the Devil
• Schach dem Teufel (1954)
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Genre: Crime, Adventure, Romance, Drama, Comedy, Spoof, Thieves, Scams And Cons, Cult Classic, Spy
Tagline: Adventure at its boldest! Bogart at his best!
Plot: John Huston and Truman Capote co-wrote the screenplay while working on location. A whimsical parody of The Maltese Falcon and other 1940's detective movies in which Bogart so often starred (and Huston directed).Tells of the exploits of a group of travelers on a steamboat who each hopes to carry off a huge swindle in the uranium fields of Northern Africa. While not a commercial success upon its release, the film has come to define the genre of spy movie spoofs.
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| Directed by |
John Huston
The Maltese Falcon, The African Queen, The Treasure of the Sierra Madre |
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| Written by |
| Truman Capote
Breakfast at Tiffany's, In Cold Blood, The Grass Harp |
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 | Jennifer Jones
The Towering Inferno, Portrait of Jennie, Duel in the Sun |
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 | Robert Morley
The African Queen, Around the World in Eighty Days, The Great Muppet Caper | | | |
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| Music By |
Franco Mannino
Innocente, L', Gruppo di famiglia in un interno, Bellissima |
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