---
title: 'Beat the Devil (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Huston'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/beat-the-devil-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0046414/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Beat the Devil (1953)

1953 · 89 min · Action, Adventure, Crime · United Kingdom, Italy, United States


## Synopsis

Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida in her American debut. Huston and Truman Capote wrote the screenplay, loosely based upon the 1951 novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn writing under the pseudonym James Helvick. Huston intended the film as a sort of loose parody of his 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, which also starred Bogart. Capote said, "John [Huston] and I decided to kid the story, to treat it as a parody. Instead of another Maltese Falcon, we turned it into a... [spoof] on this type of film."

## Credits

- **Director:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Screenplay:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston), [Truman Capote](https://cinepixo.com/people/truman-capote)
- **Producer:** [John Huston](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-huston)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Franco Mannino](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-mannino)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Capa](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-capa), [Oswald Morris](https://cinepixo.com/people/oswald-morris)
- **Editor:** [Ralph Kemplen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-kemplen)

## Cast

- [Jennifer Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/jennifer-jones)
- [Marco Tulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-tulli)
- [Gina Lollobrigida](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-lollobrigida)
- [Humphrey Bogart](https://cinepixo.com/people/humphrey-bogart)
- [Bernard Lee](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernard-lee)
- [Saro Urzì](https://cinepixo.com/people/saro-urzi)
- [Edward Underdown](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-underdown)
- [Giulio Donnini](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulio-donnini)
- [Robert Morley](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-morley)
- [Juan de Landa](https://cinepixo.com/people/juan-de-landa)
- [Ivor Barnard](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivor-barnard)
- [Aldo Silvani](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-silvani)
- [Peter Lorre](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-lorre)
- [Mimmo Poli](https://cinepixo.com/people/mimmo-poli)

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