Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film. The film was directed by John Huston, and starred Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida, and featured Robert Morley, Peter Lorre and Bernard Lee. Huston and Truman Capote wrote the screenplay, loosely based upon the 1951 novel of the same name by British journalist Claud Cockburn, writing under the pseudonym James Helvick. Huston made the film as a sort of loose parody of the 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, which Huston directed and in which Bogart and Lorre appeared. Capote said, "John [Huston] and I decided to kid the story, to treat it as a parody. Instead of another Maltese Falcon, we turned it into a ... [spoof] on this type of film." The script, written on a day-to-day basis as the film was shot, concerns the adventures of a motley crew of swindlers and ne'er-do-wells trying to claim land rich in uranium deposits in Kenya as they wait in a small Italian port to travel aboard a tramp steamer en route to Mombasa. Check our store for affordable Christmas gifts! Full refunds if not satisfied! Bid or buy now! Pay in two weeks! If you need more time let us know! Thank You for viewing our listing! Our shipping time is currently 3 business days. If this item is showing same day shipping, this is an glitch, unless you are choosing next day delivery. Add us to your favorite sellers if watching an item. Our listings are ended and relisted monthly and watchers are deleted! Payment We will hold items 25 days for payment if you contact us, otherwise payment is due in 7 days. Afterwards we will cancel the sale. It?s not our policy to report buyers to for nonpayment. However, it is done automatically when a sell is canceled thru. Shipping Policies We do combine shipping! We do not ship to third party addresses We don't end auctions early. We enclose a packing slip with our shipments. This ensures that the item will arrive if the shipping label gets damaged. The packing slip includes what is being shipped and the address it?s being sent to and our return address. No pricing is included. We will not ship without a packing slip. We cannot receive payments outside of. We reuse packing and shipping materials. If you prefer all new packing and shipping materials let us know.