Fresh
If Beat the Devil puzzled audiences on its first release, it has charmed them since.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Beat the Devil
They’re Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!
1953 · 1h 35m · Approved
Adventure, Comedy
Directed by
John Huston
Overview
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
Director and cast
- John Huston Director
- Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther
- Jennifer Jones as Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm
- Gina Lollobrigida as Maria Dannreuther
- Robert Morley as Peterson
- Peter Lorre as Julius O'Hara
- Edward Underdown as Harry Chelm
- Ivor Barnard as Maj. Jack Ross
- Marco Tulli as Ravello
- Bernard Lee as Insp. Jack Clayton
- Mario Perrone Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
71%
Tomatometer
Rotten
he film ranges from the diffident to the grotesque, with Huston selecting his lenses to make the performers look as freakish as possible.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
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