Word: huston
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Beat the Devil. John Huston and Truman Capote tell a completely wacky shaggy-dog story; with Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre (TIME, March...
Beat the Devil. John Huston and Truman Capote tell a completely wacky shaggy-dog story; with Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre (TIME, March...
...with fantastic characters. Humphrey Bogart, for the most part, plays the same role he has perfected over the years. If he was called Rick, Sam or Harry before, and Billy now, the role hasn't changed; nor should it, since it is what he does best. But authors John Huston and Truman Capote have surrounded Bogart with an entirely new stock of characters, and taken from him the chore of hitting or shooting people--he is, after all getting...
...same deftness of line and surprise of situation that both Huston and Bogart have become known for is in Beat the Devil. The secret, of course, lies in conceiving enough flamboyantly wicked characters to off-set Bogart's flashy heroism. In this case, Huston and Capote have hit a peak. From a tiny British Major who worships the memories of Mussolini and Hitler, to a German from Chile called O'Hara, the people of Beat the Devil are geniuses of evil and eccentricity...
Beat the Devil. John Huston and Truman Capote tell a wacky shaggy-dog story; with Humphrey Bogart. Jennifer Jones. Gina Lollobrigida. Robert Morley, Peter Lorre (TIME. March...