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Il tesoro dell'Africa
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Beat the Devil is a 1953 American-Italian-British adventure, parody, action and crime film directed and produced by John Huston, who co-wrote the screenplay with Truman Capote. Its cast includes Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida and Peter Lorre, with cinematography by Oswald Morris and Robert Capa, editing by Ralph Kemplen and a score by Franco Mannino. Set in Italy and shot in black-and-white, the film was made through Bogart's own production company.
It was named to the National Board of Review's Top Ten Films, and is now in the public domain. Distributed by Netflix and rated Approved, it was made on a budget of $1,000,000.
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Film · TMDB
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Cast
- Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther
- Jennifer Jones as Gwendolen Chelm
- Gina Lollobrigida as Maria Dannreuther
- Robert Morley as Peterson
- Peter Lorre as Julius O'Hara
- Edward Underdown as Harry Chelm
Themes
- beach
- husband wife relationship
- italy
- narration
- lie
- dark comedy
- satire
- liar
- thief
- film noir
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Ratings
IMDb
6.4/10
10,677 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
68%
- Year
- 1953
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Comedy
- Rated
- Approved
- Awards
- 1 win
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Key facts
- Directed by
- John Huston
- Screenplay by
- John Huston, Truman Capote
- Based on
- Beat the Devil , by James Helvick
- Produced by
- John Huston
- Starring
- Humphrey Bogart , Jennifer Jones , Gina Lollobrigida , Robert Morley , Peter Lorre , Edward Underdown
- Cinematography
- Oswald Morris
- Edited by
- Ralph Kemplen
- Music by
- Franco Mannino
- Production companies
- Romulus Films , Santana Pictures Corporation
- Distributed by
- British Lion Films , (United Kingdom), United Artists , (United States)
- Release dates
- November 24, 1953 ( 1953-11-24 ) (London) March 12, 1954 ( 1954-03-12 ) (New York City)
- Running time
- 94 minutes
- Countries
- United States Great Britain Italy
- Language
- English
- Box office
- £115,926 (UK) , $1.1 million
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- crime film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- John Huston
- Screenwriter
- Truman Capote
- Cast member
- Juan de Landa
- Composer
- Franco Mannino
- Producer
- John Huston
- Production company
- Humphrey Bogart
- Cinematographer
- Robert Capa
- Narrative location
- Italy
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 526504
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Beat the Devil (film) Bogart & Jones.png
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- publication date
- 1953-01-01
- film editor
- Ralph Kemplen
- title
- Beat the Devil
- color
- black-and-white
- Commons category
- Beat the Devil (film)
- review score
- 68%
- copyright status
- public domain
Sources (8)
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Article · Italiano
Il tesoro dell'Africa (Beat the Devil) è un film del 1953 diretto da John Huston, con Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida e Peter Lorre. La sceneggiatura è stata scritta a quattro mani dal regista assieme allo scrittore Truman Capote e basata sul del critico britannico (scritto sotto lo pseudonimo di James Helvick). Esterni del film furono girati nella cittadina campana di Ravello. Si tratta di una sorta di parodia del genere cinematografico ispirato alle azioni dei boss della malavita.
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