Beat the Devil on Blu-ray, DVD and digital [read more]
Huston, we have a problem
Humphrey Bogart is joined by Jennifer Jones, Gina Lollobrigida and Peter Lorre among the star-studded cast in this classic caper scripted by Truman Capote. A masterful shaggy dog story that's part comedy and part thriller, nothing is quite what it seems in director John Huston's wry send-up of film noir, including his own The Maltese Falcon.
On 16 March 2020 the BFI will bring Beat the Devil to Blu-ray/DVD in a Dual Format Edition with simultaneous release on BFI Player, iTunes and Amazon. Special features include two audio commentaries.
As one of a disparate group of fortune-seekers bound for Africa, hard-up Billy Dannreuther (Humphrey Bogart) faces the swindling machinations of his fellow travellers as they await passage from a picturesque port on Italy's Amalfi coast. But with scheming aplenty, will this motley crew miss the boat completely? See a clip above.
