Beat the Devil (2021)

Name: Beat the Devil
Director: David Hare
Genre: Drama, TV Movie
Released: 2021-11-11
Duration: 51 min
Cast: Ralph Fiennes

Drama TV Movie

Director: David Hare

Cast: Ralph Fiennes

Runtime51 min

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Drama by David Hare in which Ralph Fiennes stars as the playwright, recounting his experience of contracting Covid-19 on the day lockdown was announced in the UK.

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Fans of acclaimed playwright David Hare will enjoy his 2021 drama 'Beat the Devil', which features a powerful performance by Ralph Fiennes as Hare himself recounting his experience with COVID-19 during the UK lockdown. This personal, reflective piece offers an intimate and thought-provoking glimpse into the creative process during a challenging time.

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Beat the Devil is a 1953 adventure comedy film directed by John Huston and starring Humphrey Bogart, Jennifer Jones and Gina Lollobrigida in her American debut. 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 intended the film as a sort of loose parody of his 1941 film The Maltese Falcon, which also starred Bogart. 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."