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Beat The DevilBeat the Devil (1953) John Huston directed and with Truman Capote co-authored this film as a tongue-in-cheek spoof of his earlier masterpiece, The Maltese Falcon and of films of its genre. The script, which was written on a day-to-day basis as the film as being shot concerns the adventures of the passengers of an ill-fated tramp steamer en route to East Africa. The stellar cast of Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, (playing the role that Sidney Greenstreet would have played had he been still acting) Peter Lorre and Bernard Lee, (who was to gain widespread recognition, if not critical acclaim, for his portrayal as "M" in the James Bond movies.) This Huston opus does not easily fit into the standard set of film categories; it has variously been classified as a "thriller," a "comedy," a "drama," a "crime" and a "romance" movie. It is above all else a parody of the Film Noir style that Huston himself had pioneered and as such has developed cult status in the ensuing years. The movie was not critical received and was to mark the closure of the "quest movies" period in Hustons career. Star Humphrey Bogart never liked the movie, perhaps because he lost a good deal of his own money bankrolling it.
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