Description |
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, black &white ; 4 3/4 in. |
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Motion picture |
Series |
Film Detective restored classics |
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Restored classics, the Film Detective archive.
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System Details |
DVD, all region, 1:78:1 aspect ratio; Dolby digital. |
Cast |
Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre, Edward Underdown. |
Credits |
Director of photography, Oswald Morris; music, Franco Mannino; editor, Ralph Kemplen. |
Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1953. |
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Based on the novel Beat the Devil by James Helvick, alias Claud Cockburn. |
Audience |
Rating: Not rated. |
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. |
Subject |
Cockburn, Claud, 1904-1981 -- Film adaptations.
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Swindlers and swindling -- Drama -- Videodiscs.
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Genre |
Action and adventure films.
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Feature films.
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Fiction films.
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Film adaptations.
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DVD-video discs.
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Added Author |
Huston, John, 1906-1987, film producer, director, screenwriter.
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Capote, Truman, 1924-1984, screenwriter.
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Bogart, Humphrey, 1899-1957, actor.
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Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009, actor.
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Lollobrigida, Gina, 1928- actor.
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Morley, Robert, actor.
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Lorre, Peter, actor.
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Underdown, Edward, 1908-1989, actor.
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Morris, Oswald, 1915-2014, director of photography.
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Kemplen, Ralph, 1912-2004, film editor.
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Mannino, Franco, 1924-2005, composer.
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Motion picture adaptation of (work): Cockburn, Claud, 1904-1981.
Beat the devil.
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Santana Pictures Corporation, production company.
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Romulus Productions, production company.
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Film Detective (Firm), film distributor.
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Standard No. |
818506021968 |
Music No. |
FD0019 Film Detective |
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