Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

JLRVancouver Bogart's a shady tough guy who has cut a deal with Robert Morley's band of scoundrels (including the inimitable (but often imitated) Peter Lorre) to swindle some central African country out of a uranium deposit. Enter a supercilious ex-Royal Marine gentry-wannabe (Edward Underdown) and his compulsive liar wife (Jennifer Jones), who are heading to Africa on the same boat and you get this off-beat comedy directed by the great John Huston. A bit slow at times, "Beat the Devil" isn't exactly 'laff-a-minute', but the situations are amusing, the script witty in a dry way, and the delivery is excellent (especially Morley'). As a bonus, Bogart's wife is played by the gorgeous Gina Lollobrigida, eye-candy that shamelessly adds a half point to my rating. Good fun – worth watching.

Michael O'Keefe The fabled John Huston directs this Truman Capote screenplay. Billy Dannreuther(Humphrey) is part of a group of international crooks--Peterson(Robert Morely, Julius O'Hara(Peter Lorre) and Ravello(Marco Tulli) that are stranded in Italy trying to catch a steamer to Africa. Billy's wife Maria(Gina Lollobrigida),starving for romance, is a bit uneasy when her husband meets Gwendolen Chelm(Jennifer Jones), the feminine half of a British couple waiting for the same steamer being repaired. Counting Mr.Chelm(Edward Underdown), there are now seven people ready to set sail to Africa, all conjuring a scheme to beat each other to lay claim on land that is rich in uranium.BEAT THE DEVIL didn't start out well with critics and viewers, but looking back some think this black comedy to be the epitome of a 1950's spy-spoof. For some strange reason, my favorite sequence is the evacuation of the sinking boat. Why didn't Miss Lollobrigida get more screen time? Bogart was effortless.Other players: Bernard Lee, Saro Urzi, Ivor Bernard and Mario Perrone.

SnoopyStyle Various crooks, smugglers, con men and adventurers are trying to go to Africa to buy a new valuable material called Uranium. Peterson (Robert Morley), Julius O'Hara (Peter Lorre), the Dannreuthers (Humphrey Bogart, Gina Lollobrigida) and others are stuck in Italy as they wait for their ship to be repaired. Mrs. Gwendolen Chelm (Jennifer Jones) is fascinated with the group as she travels with her husband.Truman Capote is injecting this with lots of snappy rapid-fire dialog. John Huston is trying to shoot the idyllic location with lots of camera work. However this movie just lack a cohesive drive. The characters are all eccentric. There is a rambling quality to this. The story of this ragtag group wasting time at this Mediterranean port isn't that compelling or exciting. The movie feels like on hold for far too long. It feels like a lot of A-list talents playing around without much of a goal.

Patryk Czekaj I wanted to see this movie simply because I was somewhere in the middle of a Humphrey Bogart marathon. Truthfully, I must say that the main plot did not amaze right from the start. Even though the amount of great actors is really terrific, the performances that they give are, sadly, on a much lower level than they should be. Not one of the characters that we see (Billy Dannreuther and his wife, Mrs. Helm and her husband, and the four crooks) stand out from the group. One thing I can say about the four main characters - the crooks - is that their comedic appearances almost burst me into tears. If it was not for the fact that it is hard to attach this movie to one particular genre, and even the director was not sure what the final outcome was, I would have to say that this is one of the first parodies of a classical noir cinema. However, paradoxically, if it was meant to be a parody I would not say that it is truly a good one. That is what amazes me about this movie - you are not sure what kind of a flick you are watching, yet, if you want to categorize it becomes even less entertaining. Still, the plot is enjoyable, because of the obvious conflicts and scams overwhelming all of the greedy and suspicious characters. The events that occur in the three different places (Italy, ship and North Africa) are somewhat adorable, because of the comedic subplots. And in the end even the great old saying comes in handy - where two fight the third one wins. It is, ladies and gentlemen, as simple as that.