Description
From the British Film Institute:
Beat the Devil on DVD
DUAL FORMAT EDITION WITH OPTIONAL SUBTITLES
You will receive both DVD & Blu-ray. No of discs: 2.
Black & White. Year: 1953. Comedy/Thriller. Running Time: approx 94 mins.
Director: John Huston
Cast: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard, Marco Tulli, Manuel Serrano, Bernard Lee, Mario Perrone, Giulio Donnini, Saro Urzì, Juan de Landa, Aldo Silvani, Alex Pochet and Mimo Poli.
A disparate group of fortune-seekers head for Africa; but nothing is quite what it seems as John Huston directs the script he co-wrote with Truman Capote, pulling off a wry send-up of film noir, including his own The Maltese Falcon.
Extras: Newly restored with two audio commentaries. Alexander Cockburn talks about his father, Claud Cockburn, from whose novel the film is adapted. By the Fireside (1945):
advertisement for Maypole Tea emphasising the quintessential Englishness of the afternoon tea ritual. Atomic Achievement (1956): public information film celebrating the advances of nuclear power in the UK.
Stills gallery.
