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Beat the Devil (1953) Movie Reviews
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eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Heh. The Brattle listing called this one a "self-parody", but I prefer to look at this 1953 movie as just being about 40 years or so before its time....read the complete Beat the Devil (1953) review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
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filmcritic.com
This understated comedy is often a love-it-or-hate-it affair with viewers, a very dry satire that often flies over the heads of its target (Bogart-style mysteries) and, just as often, its audience. Which just goes to show it's really difficult to spoof...read the complete Beat the Devil (1953) review at filmcritic.com
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Appreciating Great Trash
With humor so dry it chafes, Beat the Devil is heralded as an exemplar of charming ‘just-having-fun’ entertainment, and you can tell the people involved had fun: it’s like being stuck at someone else’s high-school reunion, and everybody else is...read the complete Beat the Devil (1953) review at Appreciating Great Trash
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