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Title:

Beat the devil / Columbia Pictures ; A Santana-Romulus Production ; produced and directed by John Huston ; screenplay by Truman Capote and John Huston.

Publisher:

The Film Detective,

Copyright Date:

2015

Description:

1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black &white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Cockburn, Claud,--1904-1981--Film adaptations.
Swindlers and swindling--Drama.
Action and adventure films.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.

Other Authors:

Huston, John, 1906-1987, screenwriter. director, screenwriter.
Capote, Truman, 1924-1984, screenwriter.
Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.
Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009, actor.
Lollobrigida, Gina, 1928- actor.
Morley, Robert. actor.
Lorre, Peter. actor.
Underdown, Edward, 1908-1989, actor.
Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014, director of photography.
Kemplen, Ralph, 1912-2004, film editor.
Mannino, Franco, 1924-2005, composer.
Cockburn, Claud, 1904-1981 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Beat the devil.
Columbia Pictures, production company.
Santana Pictures Corporation. production company.
Romulus Productions. production company.
Film Detective (Firm), film distributor.

Notes:

Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown. Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. Based on the novel Beat the Devil by James Helvick, alias Claud Cockburn.

Summary:

Adventure story set aboard a steamer bound for Africa. The passengers attempt to outfox each other for illegal control of a piece of land they think has uranium on it.

Series:

Film Detective restored classics

OCLC:

(OCoLC)932071169

UPC:

818522011592

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)