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Beat the Devil

Year:

1953

Duration:

89 min

Genres:

IMDB rate:

6.6

Director:

John Huston

Awards:

1 win

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1953-12-17

Filming Locations: Shepperton Studios, Shepperton, Surrey, England, UK

Cast

Actor

Character

Gina Lollobrigida

Beat the Devil

Humphrey Bogart

Billy Dannreuther

Jennifer Jones

Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm

Robert Morley

Peterson

Peter Lorre

Julius O'Hara

Edward Underdown

Harry Chelm

Ivor Barnard

Maj. Jack Ross

Marco Tulli

Ravello

Bernard Lee

Insp. Jack Clayton

Mario Perrone

Purser on SS Nyanga

Giulio Donnini

Administrator

Saro Urzì

Captain of SS Nyanga (as Saro Urzi)

Juan de Landa

Hispano-Suiza Driver

Aldo Silvani

Charles - Restaurant Manager

Dave Crowley

(uncredited)

Julie Gibson

(uncredited)

Alex Pochet

Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Mimmo Poli

Barman (uncredited)

Manuel Serano

Ahmed - Arab Inquisitor (uncredited)

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Trivia

At one point in the film, Ivor Barnard's character is referred as the "galloping major". This is the title of a film from 1951, also made by Romulus Productions, and starring Basil Radford. The Galloping Major (1951) in this other film is a racehorse.

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William Styron's second novel, "Set This House on Fire", describes a film crew on location - obviously based on director John Huston and gang during the shooting of this film. The town in the novel is Ravello on Italy's Amalfi Drive, where most of the film was shot.

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Claud Cockburn (aka Claud Cockburn) wrote the screenplay based on his novel. Truman Capote was purportedly brought to complete the script late in the piece when Cockburn left or was fired.

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Goofs

When Billy, Peterson and the driver push the car for the first time, there are four suitcases tied on its rear. When they do it for the second time, there are only three higher suitcases. And when the car falls in the cliff, the four suitcases from the beginning reappear.

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In Harry and Gwendolyn's first dialog scene on the street, the shadow of a boom microphone can be seen on the wall behind them.

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Inside the car, Billy has a long lit cigarette in his right hand, but soon after, when he steps down, the cigarette has disappeared.

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Quotes

Billy Dannreuther: I've got to have money. Doctor's orders are that I must have a lot of money, otherwise I become dull, listless and have trouble with my complexion.

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Billy Dannreuther: Trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it, escape, while you can.

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Ahmed: Our country is in a state of unrest.

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