Beat The Devil - 1953 - John Huston (Part 1 of 9)

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Beat The Devil (1953)
Public domain from InternetArchive.org Directed by John Huston Written by Truman Capote and John Huston Based on the novel by James Helvick. Starring Humphrey Bogart, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Marco Tulli, Bernard Lee, Mario P
errone, Giulio Donnini, Saro Urzi, Aldo Silvani, Julie Gibson, Alex Pochet, Mimmo Poli and Manuel Serano. Humphrey Bogart was involved in a serious car accident during the production of this film, which knocked out several of his teeth and hindered his speech. John Huston hired a young British acto
r Peter Sellers, known for his mimicry skills to dub some of Bogart's lines post-production.

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i saw this on tv, ... ( 7 months ago by truemansparks)

i saw this on tv, what a strange film it almost feels like they made it up on the spot

I think maybe ... ( 7 months ago by kdaryling)

I think maybe because it is a film-noir style comedy. There are however some great lines, mostly Bogart's, probably the work of Truman Capote.

oh yes just seen ... ( 7 months ago by truemansparks)

oh yes just seen his name on the credits never realised before,another thing i find unusual is the cast i think they had some real fun casting this they really are an eclectic group of actors that you wouldnt normal think to be in the same film together,but i think thats maybe the idea

its a cult classic ( 4 months ago by crispian2005)

its a cult classic

This is an ... ( 1 month ago by Samurai9)

This is an underrated film. It is actually quite fascinating and features many highly entertaining performances.

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