Beat the Devil Movie Review 1953

Each person on a slow boat to Africa has a scheme to beat the other passengers to the uranium-rich land that they all hope to claim. An unusual black comedy which didn't fare well when released, but over the years has come to be the epitome of spy-spoofs.

Distribution

LSVideo, Inc., PO Box 415, Carmel, IN 46082, Phone: (317)846-3736, Email: gus@lsvideo.com, URL: http://www.lsvideo.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 89 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Black Comedy, Sail Away, Director/Star Teams: Huston & Bogart

Screenplay

John Huston, Truman Capote

Cast

Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre, Robert Morley, Jennifer Jones, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Bernard Lee, Marco Tulli

Cinematography

Oswald Morris

Director

John Huston

Music

Franco Mannino

Producer

Columbia Pictures