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- BFI identifier22654
- Date1954 (Copyright)
1954-01-11 (Release) - Production countryUSA, United Kingdom, Italy
- Production company
- SynopsisEscapades 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. (Synopsis)
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- CreditsDirector: John Huston
©/Production Company: Santana Pictures
Production Company: Romulus Films
view all - CastHumphrey Bogart (Billy Dannreuther)
Jennifer Jones (Gwendolen Chelm)
Gina Lollobrigida (Maria Dannreuther)
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Title
Beat the Devil (Original)
Il Tesoro Dell'africa (Alternative)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/5325-596E-5632-79C7-3A74-MCategory
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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VHS cassette - Video - Viewing
view all - Scripts / DocumentsScript - Original story: Novel by James Helvick - SCR-4128
Script - Original story: Novel by James Helvick - SCR-4129
Script - Original story: Novel by James Helvick - SCR-4130
Beat The Devil - Papers relating to the film Beat The Devil (US, GB, IT, 1954). Director: John Huston; Associate Producer: Jack Clayton; Cast includes: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lorre. [A criminal gang in Italy plot to acquire uranium rich land in Kenya. Based on the novel by James Helvick] - JCL-3
Pressbook - Medium format pressbook [Publicity campaign book]for the film Beat the Devil (US, 1954) - JCL-3-1-1
view all - StillsPhotograph: film still - Landscape - SPD-1274777
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00o-88f
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-043
Photograph: print - Landscape - Black and White - bfi-00n-042
Photograph: print - Portrait - Black and White - bfi-00n-041
view all - Articles
- Digital documentsBFI Southbank programme notes September/October 2014
available to view in BFI Reuben Library
- +Beat the Devil
Work - 22654 - 1954 (Copyright)
USA - Film - Fiction
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