Beat the Devil Beat the Devil

They're Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!

The script, which was written on a day-to-day basis as the film was being shot, concerns the adventures of a motley crew of swindlers and ne'er-do-wells trying to lay claim to land rich in uranium deposits in Kenya as they wait in a small Italian port to travel aboard an ill-fated tramp steamer en route to Mombasa.

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

adventure comedy crime drama

89 mins   More details at IMDb / TMDb

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  • Ģirts Luste

    Review by Ģirts Luste ★★★

    Tā arī nesapratu iecerēto intonāciju. Pārāk daudz komiskā elementa priekš piedzīvojumu vai afēru filmas vai arī pārāk maz komiskā elementa priekš komēdijas.

  • anne_f_

    Review by anne_f_ ★★★½

    "This was a very mixed up mixture of crime, romance and comedy that was watchable without being good."

  • Brent Paton

    Review by Brent Paton ★★

    There's nice scenery and Gina Lollobrigida, but otherwise a poor film.

  • Pat_Mtl

    Review by Pat_Mtl ★★★★

    Humphrey Bogart plus with John Huston as director, it's almost impossible to hate this movie. The movie is hard to put into a category. It could be a thriller, a crime drama, a comedy. In fact I would call it a parody of "film noir". The story is a bit similar to the British movie The Lavender Hill Mob, a bunch of characters that are not exactly as they seem to be, each one hoping to make a fortune in Africa. Beside Bogart the cast include Robert Morley, Peter Lore and Gina Lollobrigida. The movie is quite enjoyable and if you are a fan of Bogart and Huston collaboration, a must see if you never did.

  • ndoane

    Review by ndoane ★★

    [Bogart] Blah. Bogart was mostly letting things happen around him instead of being the center of attention. I wasn’t interested in the four criminals, the weird mixing and matching with the two couples, or any of the ‘mystery’.

  • Jostein Ask

    Review by Jostein Ask ★★★★

    Handler om en gjeng bestående av tapere og svindlere, som planlegger en eventyrfull reise til afrika for å legge krav på et uraniumrikt jordsmonn i Mombasa.

    John Huston har her laget en slags sjangerløs film, eller en film med alle sjangre. Thriller/Eventyr/Drama/Komedie/Action blir blandet i hva som kalles en slags parodi på noirformen, også en slags parodi på en av Hustons store verk, Malteserfalken. Bare at her er ”macguffin’en” jordsmonnet istedefor selve falken.

    Dette er vel en av de siste filmene til Bogart, han er tilsynelatende ikke helt frisk og virker noe utslitt. Et utsvevende liv av alkohol og masse røyking har tært på mannen.

    Resterende av skuespillerensemblet er heller ikke å fnyse av : Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert…

  • nicksav

    Review by nicksav ★½

    This was supposed to be a comedy????? I did not laugh.