Beat the Devil (1953)
A group of con artists stake their claim on a bogus uranium mine.
Director:
John Huston
Writers:
Truman Capote, John Huston.
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Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther |
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Jennifer Jones as Gwendolen Chelm |
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Gina Lollobrigida as Maria Dannreuther |
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Robert Morley as Peterson |
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Peter Lorre as Julius O'Hara |
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Edward Underdown as Harry Chelm |
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Ivor Barnard as Maj. Jack Ross |
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Marco Tulli as Ravello |
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Bernard Lee as Insp. Jack Clayton |
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Mario Perrone as Purser on SS Nyanga |
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Giulio Donnini as Administrator |
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Saro Urzì as Captain of SS Nyanga |
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Juan de Landa as Hispano-Suiza Driver |
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Aldo Silvani as Charles |
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Mimmo Poli as Barman (uncredited) |
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Peter Sellers as Billy Dannreuther (voice) (uncredited) |
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Manuel Serrano as Ahmed (uncredited) |
| Directing | John Huston | Director |
| Production | John Huston | Producer |
| Camera | Oswald Morris | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ralph Kemplen | Editor |
| Writing | Claud Cockburn | Novel |
| Writing | Truman Capote | Screenplay |
| Writing | John Huston | Screenplay |
| Sound | Kevin McClory | Boom Operator |
| Production | Jack Clayton | Associate Producer |
| Art | Wilfred Shingleton | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Betty Lee | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Connie Reeve | Makeup Artist |
| Directing | John Arnold | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Robert Sterne | Assistant Director |
| Art | John Hoesli | Assistant Art Director |
| Art | Harry White | Other |
| Crew | Reg Johnson | Special Effects |
| Visual Effects | Bryan Langley | Visual Effects |
| Editing | Roy Hyde | First Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Lambert Williamson | Music Director |
| Production | James H. Ware | Location Manager |
| Crew | Harriet Medin | Dialect Coach |
| Directing | Jeanie Sims | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Freddie Francis | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Angela Allen | Continuity |
| Sound | E. Law | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | George Stephenson | Sound Recordist |
| Production | Bill Kirby | Production Manager |
| Sound | Barbara Hopkins | Sound |
| Camera | Robert Capa | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Franco Mannino | Original Music Composer |