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Description: IT'S BOGART AT HIS BEST AS A CHARISMATIC ADVENTURER IN THIS 1954 SCREWBALL COMEDY CLASSIC. BILLY DANNREUTHER (BOGART), HIS SAUCY ITALIAN WIFE, MARIA (GINA LOLLOBRIGIDA), AND HIS SHADY "BUSINESS ASSOCIATES," LED BY PETERSEN (ROBERT MORLEY) AND O'HARA (PETER LORRE), ARE BOUND FOR AFRICA, WHERE THEY PLAN TO SWING A BIG URANIUM SWINDLE. STRANDED AT A SMALL ITALIAN PORT WHILE THEIR STEAMER, STEAMSHIP IS REPAIRED, BILLY BECOMES THE ROMANTIC OBJECT OF A FLIGHTY FELLOW-TRAVELLER, GWENDOLEN (JENNIFER JONES). THINGS REACH A FARCICAL PITCH AS THIS QUIRKY CREW IS CAUGHT UP IN A BEWILDERING CROSS CURRENT OF DOUBLE-DEALING ON AN INTERNATIONAL SCALE. IN BEAT THE DEVIL, DIRECTOR JOHN HUSTON AND HIS CO-SCREENWRITER TRUMAN CAPOTE HAVE CREATED A WORK OF INSPIRED LUNACY.

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