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Beat the Devil (1953)

Director: John Huston
Actors: Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida, Robert Morley, Peter Lorre
Runtime: 89 min.

A diverse group of international characters with dubious backgrounds are headed for Africa to acquire uranium rich land in Kenya. They are joined by a proper British couple.

Trivia: Humphrey Bogart (Billy Dannreuther) is ranked #1 on the AFI's list of the greatest male screen legends of all time. He won the Best Actor Academy Award for The African Queen (1952) and was married to actress Lauren Bacall. Director John Huston received 15 Academy Award nominations throughout his career, winning Best Director and Best Screenplay for The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948). He's the father of actress Anjelica Huston. Jennifer Jones (Gwendolyn Chelm) received five total Academy Award nominations winning Best Actress once. She was married to actor Robert Walker and is the mother of actor Robert Walker Jr. Truman Capote co-wrote the screenplay for this movie, but he's best remembered for writing the novel Breakfast at Tiffany's.