Beat the Devil Page #5

Synopsis: A quartet of international crooks -- Peterson, O'Hara, Ross and Ravello -- is stranded in Italy while their steamer is being repaired. With them are the Dannreuthers. The six are headed for Africa, presumably to sell vacuum cleaners but actually to buy land supposedly loaded with uranium. They are joined by others who apparently have similar designs.
Director(s): John Huston
Production: American Pop Classics
  1 win.
 
IMDB:
6.6
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
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Year:
1953
89 min
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Are you a typical American?

I think it's important

that I should know.

Why important?

There are two good reasons

for falling in love.

One is that the object

of your affections

is unlike anyone else.

A rare spirit,

such as Lord Byron.

The other is that

he's like everybody else,

only superior.

Harry, for instance,

is the very best of a type.

Well, if you must know,

I'm a typical rare spirit.

How long did you live here?

Oh, the longest I've ever

lived anywhere is two years.

But when you were a child,

didn't you ever have a mother

and father and a house

and a street and a town?

No. I, uh- I was an orphan

until I was 20,

and then a rich

and beautiful lady adopted me.

Heh. You know,

I've changed my mind

about your being

an evil doctor.

You're off to keep

a rendezvous some place

in Africa sacred

to the tribesmen.

You're going

to found a new empire

and make yourself master

of the riches of the world,

but you need

a beautiful blond queen

to impress the natives as-

A- as the incarnation

of the queen of Sheba.

That's why you're making

a pass at me.

Am I?

Of course.

I don't generally go sightseeing

with strange men.

You don't believe that,

do you?

Oh, I believe anything you say.

- Do you?

- Mm-hm.

Well, you shouldn't, you know.

You really shouldn't.

Mr. Chelm.

Yes?

It is I, Mrs. Dannreuther.

Maria.

Oh, come on.

Tea for two and two for tea.

Now, that's most awfully kind.

You shouldn't

have troubled. Really.

Billy told me you had a chill.

Bit of one. On the liver.

Too tiresome.

- Milk, of course.

- Of course.

I feel I should like somehow

to do him a good turn

of some kind.

You do?

Well, naturally.

Oh, I see, naturally.

I think it would be nice if-

If you were able

to do something for him.

Help him along.

Give him the benefit

of your advice.

Delighted, of course.

For instance?

Oh, something with business.

He was very pleased

with that tip you gave him

on the way home last night

about the gold shares.

I've forgotten what I told him.

What was it?

I don't remember either.

I was listening to your voice.

I wasn't listening

to what you said.

You see,

if you were helping him,

it would be so much easier

for us to be together

a lot out there in Africa.

Well, has he any head

for business?

Why, he's simply brilliant.

I wouldn't have thought it.

But of course he is.

You don't suppose

I'd marry a ninny, do you?

If you imagine that Harry

is simply going

to Africa to plant coffee,

you're very much mistaken.

In point of fact-

In point of fact,

coffee is the least

of Harry's interests.

In point of fact,

the land he's acquiring

is extremely rich

in certain minerals.

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Truman Capote

Truman Garcia Capote (; born Truman Streckfus Persons, September 30, 1924 – August 25, 1984) was an American novelist, short story writer, screenwriter, playwright, and actor. Many of Capote's short stories, novels, plays, and nonfiction are recognized as literary classics, including the novella Breakfast at Tiffany's (1958) and the true crime novel In Cold Blood (1966), which he labeled a "nonfiction novel". At least 20 films and television dramas have been produced from Capote novels, stories, and plays. Capote rose above a childhood troubled by divorce, a long absence from his mother, and multiple migrations. He had discovered his calling as a writer by the age of 8, and for the rest of his childhood he honed his writing ability. Capote began his professional career writing short stories. The critical success of one story, "Miriam" (1945), attracted the attention of Random House publisher Bennett Cerf, and resulted in a contract to write the novel Other Voices, Other Rooms (1948). Capote earned the most fame with In Cold Blood, a journalistic work about the murder of a Kansas farm family in their home. Capote spent four years writing the book aided by his lifelong friend Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill a Mockingbird (1960).A milestone in popular culture, In Cold Blood was the peak of Capote's literary career. In the 1970s, he maintained his celebrity status by appearing on television talk shows. more…

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