Beat the Devil
“They’re Out To Beat the Devil At His Own Game!”
1953 · 1 h 29 min
John HustonCast
Humphrey Bogart 
Jennifer Jones 
Gina Lollobrigida 
Robert Morley 
Peter Lorre Edward Underdown
Credits
Written by: Claud Cockburn
Plot
A group of con artists stake a claim on a bogus uranium mine in Africa.
Sinekatalog’s take
John Huston's offbeat spoof of heist films is witty and weird, with Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Peter Lorre, cult-beloved.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 6.4 / 10 (11,618 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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