| Description |
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 89 min.)) : sound, color |
|
digital rda |
|
video file rda |
| Access |
Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Credits |
Directed by John Huston. |
| Cast |
Beat the devil: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown, Ivor Barnard. |
|
My favorite brunette: Bob Hope, Dorothy Lamour, Peter Lorre, Lon Chaney, John Hoyt, Charles Dingle, Reginald Denny, Frank Puglia, Ann Doran, Williard Robertson, Jack LaRue. |
| Summary |
Writer/Director John Huston's Beat the Devil stars Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, the front man for a group of swindlers stranded in an Italian port town, scheming to take ownership of uranium-rich land in Africa. Also stranded is a naive British couple, Mr. and Mrs. Chelm (Edward Underdown and Jennifer Jones). Flirtations and a web of lies ensue among the group, testing romantic loyalty and allegiances among them. The last of six collaborations between Huston and Bogart, Beat the Devil evokes an effortless wit and charm found only in classic film gems like this. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Swindlers and swindling -- Drama.
|
|
Land tenure -- Drama.
|
|
Mistaken identity -- Drama.
|
|
Private investigators -- Drama.
|
|
Missing persons -- Drama.
|
| Added Author |
Huston, John, 1906-1987.
|
|
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984.
|
|
Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014.
|
|
Shingleton, Wilfrid.
|
|
Mannino, Franco, 1924-2005.
|
|
Kemplin, Ralph.
|
|
Clayton, Jack, 1921-1995.
|
|
Beloin, Edmund.
|
|
Lindon, Lionel.
|
|
Dreier, Hans, 1885-1966.
|
|
Hedrick, Earl, 1896-1985.
|
|
Epstein, Mel, 1910-1994.
|
|
Dolan, Robert Emmett, 1908-1972.
|
|
Head, Edith.
|
|
Hoagland, Ellsworth.
|
|
Dare, Daniel, 1905-1996.
|
|
Nugent, Elliott, 1896-1980.
|
|
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957.
|
|
Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009.
|
|
Lollobrigida, Gina, 1927-2023
|
|
Lorre, Peter.
|
|
Underdown, Edward, 1908-1989.
|
|
Barnard, Ivor, 1887-1953.
|
|
Hope, Bob, 1903-2003.
|
|
Lamour, Dorothy, 1914-1996.
|
|
Chaney, Lon, Jr., 1906-1973.
|
|
Hoyt, John, 1905-1991.
|
|
Dingle, Charles, 1887-1956.
|
|
Denny, Reginald, 1891-1967.
|
|
Puglia, Frank, 1892-1975.
|
|
Doran, Ann.
|
|
Robertson, Willard, 1886-1948.
|
|
LaRue, Jack.
|
|
Cockburn, Claud, 1904-1981.
Beat the devil.
|
| Added Title |
My favorite brunette |
| Note |
Title of second feature on menu screen and front of container: My favourite brunette |
| Added Title |
hoopla (Digital media service)
|
| Music No. |
MWT11946421 |
|
