Beat the Devil (1953)
Average Rating: 6.6/10
Reviews Counted: 12
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 4
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: N/A
Critic Reviews: 2
Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 1
liked it
Average Rating: 3.3/5
User Ratings: 2,756
Movie Info
Humphrey Bogart stars as one of five disreputable adventurers who are trying to get uranium out of East Africa. Bogart's associates include pompous fraud Robert Morley, and Peter Lorre as the German-accented "O'Hara", whose wartime record is forever a source of speculation and suspicion. Becoming involved in Bogart's machinations are a prim British married couple (Edward Underdown and blonde-wigged Jennifer Jones). As a climax to their many misadventures and double-crosses, the uranium seekers
Dec 17, 1953 Wide
Mar 29, 2005
American Pop Classics
Cast
-
Humphrey Bogart
Billy Dannreuther -
Jennifer Jones
Gwendolyn Chelm -
Gina Lollobrigida
Maria Dannreuther -
Robert Morley
Peterson -
Peter Lorre
O'Hara -
Edward Underdown
Harry Chelm -
Ivor Barnard
Major Ross -
Bernard Lee
Insp. Clayton -
Marco Tulli
Ravello -
Al Silvani
Charles -
Saro Urzì
Captain -
Juan de Landa
Hispano-Suiza Driver -
Mimmo Poli
Barman -
Giulio Donnini
Administrator
ADVERTISEMENT
All Critics (16) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (1)
If Beat the Devil puzzled audiences on its first release, it has charmed them since.
Top Critiche film ranges from the diffident to the grotesque, with Huston selecting his lenses to make the performers look as freakish as possible.
It looks like it's going to be a riot, but turns out almost laugh free.
An all-star home movie.
Perhaps the oddest film Humphrey Bogart ever made.
You have to wonder what Capote and John Huston were thinking in trying to make a satire that didn't have any actual jokes.
Audience Reviews for Beat the Devil
Super Reviewer
Super Reviewer
Discussion Forum
There are no discussion threads for Beat the Devil yet.
What's Hot On RT
Pictures from a zombie nation
Woody Allen in San Francisco
See the Desolation of Smaug trailer!
Where does This Is the End rank?
Fresh Links
Featured
Movie: ID: 22697 Title: Beat the Devil Release Date: 1953-12-17 00:00:00.0 MPAA: 4 Status: 1
The Looks of Johnny Depp
To celebrate the star's birthday, BuzzSugar looks at the many faces of Johnny Depp.
10 Egregious Product Placements
Rolling Stone wonders if The Internship goes too far... then provides 10 examples of movies that did.
Horror Movie Mistakes
Moviefone offers up 8 of the most obvious glaring errors in popular fright flicks.
10 Bad Movies That Look Great
Sometimes even terrible movies can be beautiful; here are 10 of them, from HitFix.
50 Most Classic Movie Moms
In celebration of Mother's Day, TimeOut offers up 50 iconic matriarchs from the big screen.
Promos
Follow RT on Twitter!
Spice up your feed with hourly Tomatometer updates!
Featured on RT
- In Pictures: Zombie Nation! 0
- Video Interviews with Cast & Crew of Monsters University 0
- Digital Multiplex: 21 & Over, Quartet, and More 2
- RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Jack the Giant Slayer and Quartet 23
- Box Office Guru Wrapup: Man of Steel Sets June Record 102
- Weekly Ketchup: Man of Steel Sequel In the Works 198
- Five Favorite Films with Joss Whedon 128
Top Headlines
Foreign Titles
- La burla del diablo (ES)
