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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1953 DVD Release: 12/17/2002 Format: DVD - Black and White Subtitles: Spanish SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: Delta Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Adventure Comedy, Parody/Spoof, Comedy Thriller See Also: Beat the Devil/Humphrey Bogart on Film [Special Edition], Beat the Devil, Humphrey Bogart 1: Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil [Collector's Edition], Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil, Beat the Devil [Blu-ray]

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 end up facing extermination by an Arab firing squad. The satirical nature of Beat the Devil eluded many moviegoers in 1953, and the film was a failure. The fact that the picture attained cult status in lesser years failed to impress its star Humphrey Bogart, who could only remember that he lost a considerable chunk of his own money when he became involved in the project. Peter Viernick worked on the script on an uncredited basis. Beat the Devil eventually fell into public domain, leading to numerous inferior editions by second and third-tiered labels. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Humphrey Bogart - Billy Dannreuther
Jennifer Jones - Gwendolyn Chelm
Gina Lollobrigida - Maria Dannreuther
Robert Morley - Peterson
Peter Lorre - O'Hara

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 end up facing extermination by an Arab firing squad. The satirical nature of Beat the Devil eluded many moviegoers in 1953, and the film was a failure. The fact that the picture attained cult status in lesser years failed to impress its star Humphrey Bogart, who could only remember that he lost a considerable chunk of his own money when he became involved in the project. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide