Bibliograph

Beat the devil

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Label

Beat the devil

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

NRT

Main title

Beat the devil

Medium

electronic resource

Runtime

Summary

Writer/Director John Huston's Beat the Devil stars Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, the front man for a group of swindlers stranded in an Italian port town, scheming to take ownership of uranium-rich land in Africa. Also stranded is a naive British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chelm (Edward Underdown and Jennifer Jones). Flirtations and a web of lies ensue among the group, testing romantic loyalty and allegiances among them. The last of six collaborations between Huston and Bogart, Beat the Devil evokes an effortless wit and charm found only in classic film gems like this

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

John Huston's Beat the devil

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