Beat the Devil (Original title)Il Tesoro Dell'africa (Alternative title)
Dates: 1954 (Copyright), 11 January 1954 (Release)Countries: USA, United Kingdom, ItalyDirector: John Huston
Synopsis: Escapades on the Mediterranean coast in Italy of a bunch of crooks and a frontman and his wife who are intent on acquiring land in Kenya which has undiscovered uranium. Misunderstandings and paranoia lead to violence and complications as a British peer and his wife become entangled with the six and their plans.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Mining, Conspiracy
Releases
Date: 26 November 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9000 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 09 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: March 2020Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Dates: 1954 (Copyright), 11 January 1954 (Release)Countries: USA, United Kingdom, ItalyDirector: John Huston
Synopsis: Escapades on the Mediterranean coast in Italy of a bunch of crooks and a frontman and his wife who are intent on acquiring land in Kenya which has undiscovered uranium. Misunderstandings and paranoia lead to violence and complications as a British peer and his wife become entangled with the six and their plans.
Genre: Comedy
Subjects: Mining, Conspiracy
Releases
Date: 26 November 1953Country: United KingdomRelease type: unknownFormat: 35mm Film - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9000 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 09 October 2016Country: United KingdomRelease type: FestivalFormat: Digital Cinema Package (DCP) - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 93 mins Dialogue (original): English
Date: March 2020Country: United KingdomRelease type: InternetFormat: not specified - Black and White - SoundRuntime: 89 mins Dialogue (original): EnglishDistributor: BFIPlayer
Credits
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©/Production Company: Santana Pictures, Production Company: Romulus Films, In association with: Dear Film (Rome), Producer: John Huston, Producer (Dear Film): Angelo Rizzoli, Robert Haggiag, [Producer]: Humphrey Bogart, Associate Producer: Jack Clayton, Production Manager: William Kirby, Location Manager: James Ware, Assistant Director: John Arnold, Personal Assistant to John Huston: Jeanie Sims, Continuity: Angela Allen, Screenplay: Truman Capote, Screenplay: John Huston, [Script Collaborator]: Anthony Veiller, Peter Viertel, Based on the novel 'Beat the Devil' by: James Helvick, Director of Photography: Oswald Morris, Camera Operator: Freddie Francis, Chief Production Electrician: Louis H. Lavelly, [Stills Photography]: Robert Capa, Editor: Ralph Kemplen, Art Director: Wilfrid Shingleton, Make-up: Constance Reeve, Hairdressing: Bette Lee, [Wigs]: Guillaume, Music: Franco Mannino, Music Director: Lambert Williamson, Sound Recording: George Stephenson, Sound Recording: E. Law, Dubbing Editor: Stanley Hawkes, [Dialogue Coach]: Harriet White, Studio: Shepperton Studios
Cast
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Humphrey Bogart (Billy Dannreuther), Jennifer Jones (Gwendolen Chelm), Gina Lollobrigida (Maria Dannreuther), Robert Morley (Petersen), Peter Lorre (Julius O'Hara), Edward Underdown (Harry Chelm), Ivor Barnard (Major Jack Ross), Marco Tulli (Ravello), Bernard Lee (C.I.D. Inspector Jack Clayton), Mario Perroni (Purser), Giulio Donnini ([administrator]), Saro Urzì ([captain]), Juan De Landa ([Hispano-Suiza driver]), Aldo Silvani ([Charles]), Alex Pochet ([hotel manager]), Manuel Serrano ([Arab officer]), Mimmo Poli ([barman])