The FRiday Night Movie - Beat The Devil (1953)

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[DemforBush]

Humphrey Bogart stars in this semi-spoof film noir about a group of swindlers looking to make a shady uranium mine deal in Africa. Neither the deal, nor the group is quite what they seem, however...

Directed by John Huston. Co-starring Jennifer Jones, Peter Lorre, and Gina Lollbrigida...

[DemforBush]

Interesting little film. It's not one of Bogart's best, but it's still rather entertaining and quite funny in places. Some of the humor is perhaps, unintentional (the dialogue is a little out there), but it's still a good little popcorn movie. 6.5/10.

BTW, this one is actually a last minute substitution. I was planning on showing Kanal, a Polish film about the Warsaw Uprising in WW2. Unfortunately, youtube pulled it a few hours ago, dangit.

[DemforBush]

ping.

[DemforBush]

Previously shown:

The Stranger 7/10

Decision Before Dawn 7.5/10

The Woman in The Window 8/10

Plunder Road 6.75/10

The Hitchiker 7/10

Stalag 17 8/10

Kiss of Death8/10

D.O.A.7/10

Breaker Morant 8.5/10

Detour 7/10

The Flim-Flam Man7/10

Stalingrad 7.7/10

Sleuth 8/10

Evil Roy Slade 7/10

Rikki Tikki Tavi

Men in War6.75/10

Five Fingers/Operation Cicero 8/10

Escape From Sobibor 7.5/10

Better Off Dead 7/10

A Christmas Carol 8.25/10

The Earthling7.25/10

The Hill8/10

Ronald Reagan in Tennessee's Partner 7/10

Duel 7.5/10

Attack! 7.5/10.

Scarlet Street8/10.

Kansas City Confidential7/10

M8.25/10

[laplata]

Thanks!

[gaijin]

later

[VAarea]

One of my favorites! Must have seen it at least a dozen times. I hear that Bogart wasn’t fond of it.

Also just recently saw Kanal, on Netflix DVD. I suggest watching before before it another Polish film “A Generation” also relating to underground activities during the German occupation and sort of sets the stage for Kanal.

[dfwgator]

Also just recently saw Kanal, on Netflix DVD. I suggest watching before before it another Polish film “A Generation” also relating to underground activities during the German occupation and sort of sets the stage for Kanal.

There is an excellent Polish TV series called "Time of Honor" (Czas Honoru) about the Polish Underground during WWII.

[clearcarbon]

It features a blond Jennifer Jones. Wierd!

[DemforBush]

I’ve actually seen A Generation as well. Excellent film.

BTW, I dunno if you knew this, but there’s a third film in the series. Ashes and Diamonds came out in 1958, and IMHO, it’s the best of the three movies. It’s very bleak, but an excellent film. The lead actor (Zbigniew Cybulski) was known as “The Polish James Dean.”

[Silentgypsy]

Thank you!

[MaxMax]

Nice, thank you.

[DemforBush]

You’re quite welcome! Thank you for your continued support. :-)

[Silentgypsy]

It’s very kind of you to search and recommend. Every movie gives us a mini-vacation.