Beat the Devil (1953)

Original title	Beat the Devil
Swedish release title	Skälmarnas marknad
Co-production title	Il tesoro dell'Africa (Italien)
Distribution title	Fuld af løgn (Danmark) Afrikan aarre (Finland) Plus fort que le diable (Frankrike) Schach dem Teufel (Västtyskland/Österrike) La burla del diablo (Spanien/Argentina) O tesouro de África (Portugal)
Re-release title	Medelhavsligan

Director	John Huston
Screenplay	Truman Capote John Huston Anthony Veiller (medarbetare - ej krediterad) Peter Viertel (medarbetare - ej krediterad)
Producer	John Huston John Huston (ej krediterad) Humphrey Bogart (ej krediterad) John Woolf (ej krediterad)
Production Manager	Bill Kirby
Director of Photography	Oswald Morris
Music	Franco Mannino
Production Designer	Wilfred Shingleton
Film Editor	Ralph Kemplen
Production Mixer	George Stephenson E. Law
Assistant Director	John Arnold
Assistant to the Director	Jeanie Sims
Dialogue Coach	Harriet White (as Harriet Medin) (ej krediterad)
Script Supervisor	Angela Allen
Associate Producer	Jack Clayton
Unit Manager	James Ware (as James H. Ware)
Camera Operator	Freddie Francis
Still Photographer	Robert Capa (ej krediterad)
Assistant Cameraman	Gerry Turpin (ej krediterad) Dennis Lewiston (as Denis C. Lewiston) (ej krediterad) Stephen Sondheim (ej krediterad)
Gaffer	Louis H. Lavelly
Orchestra Leader	Lambert Williamson
Make-up Supervisor	Constance Reeve
Hair Stylist	Betty Lee (as Bette Lee)
Sound Editor	Stan Hawkes (as Stanley Hawkes)

Humphrey Bogart	Billy Dannreuther
Jennifer Jones	Gwendolen Chelm
Gina Lollobrigida	Maria Dannreuther
Robert Morley	Petersen
Peter Lorre	Julius O'Hara
Edward Underdown	Harry Chelm
Ivor Barnard	major Jack Ross
Marco Tulli	Ravello
Bernard Lee	CID Inspector (kriminalkommissarie) Jack Clayton
Mario Perroni	purser på SS Nyanga
Giulio Donnini	administratör
Saro Urzì	kaptenen på SS Nyanga
Aldo Silvani	Charles, restaurangägaren
Juan de Landa	Hispano-Suizaföraren
-	Ej krediterade:
Alex Pochet	hotelldirektören
Manuel Serrano	Ahmed, den arabiske förhörsledaren
Mimmo Poli	bartender

Production Company	Santana Pictures Inc.
Copyright	Santana Pictures Inc.	1954-03-03	LP3658
Co-Production Company	Romulus Films Ltd.
	Rizzoli Film SpA
	Robert Haggiag Produzione
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Elit-Film AB
	United Artists AB

Censorship number	99306
Date	1962-07-02
Classification	Allowed from age 11
Original length	2545 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Censorship number	84755
Date	1954-09-01
Classification	Allowed from age 15
Original length	2450 meters
Notes	Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Western Electric Recording
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	2745 meter
Length in minutes	100 min

Original title	Beat the Devil (Novel)
Author	James Helvick

				1953-01	1953
Shepperton Studios	Shepperton, Surrey	United Kingdom	(ateljé)
	Ravello, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy
Palazzo Ruffolo	Ravello, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy
Palazzo Confalone	Ravello, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy
Villa Cimbrone	Ravello, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy
Piazza Duomo	Ravello, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy
Amalfikusten	Amalfi, Salerno, Campagnia	Italy

First showing	1953-11-26		London	United Kingdom	100 min
Other showing	1953-12-17			Italy	93 min
Release in Sweden	1954-01-31	Saga	Stockholm	Sweden	90 min
Other showing	1954-03-12		New York City, New York	USA
Re-release	1962			Sweden	93 min
DVD release	2015-09-28			Sweden
Cinematheque screening	2017-08-20	Filmhuset	Stockholm	Sweden

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Element type	Print
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Size	About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity	2

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity	2

Black and white print	SET
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio