On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...On their way to Africa are a group of rogues who hope to get rich there, and a seemingly innocent British couple. They meet and things happen...
- Awards
- 1 win
Saro Urzì
- Captain of SS Nyanga
- (as Saro Urzi)
Alex Pochet
- Hotel Manager
- (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
- Barman
- (uncredited)
Storyline
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- TriviaHumphrey Bogart was involved in a serious automobile accident during production of this film, which knocked out several of his teeth and hindered his ability to speak. John Huston reportedly hired a young British actor noted for his mimicry skills to rerecord some of Bogart's spoken lines during post-production looping. Although it is undetectable when viewing the film today, it is Peter Sellers who provides Bogart's voice during some of the scenes in this movie. However this cannot be confirmed.
- GoofsBogie enters the lifeboat wearing a plain suit but gets out wearing a pinstriped suit.
- Quotes
Julius O'Hara: Time. Time. What is time? Swiss manufacture it. French hoard it. Italians squander it. Americans say it is money. Hindus say it does not exist. Do you know what I say? I say time is a crook.
- Alternate versionsThe original American release version was truncated and had scenes moved around, making a mess of the story line. The uncut version--released overseas by Romulus--was finally restored in the U.S. by Sony in 2016.
- ConnectionsEdited into Your Afternoon Movie: Beat the Devil (2022)
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The Devil is not in the Detail...
In Italy there's a group who loosely gather, with a character like Greenstreet acting as gaffer, they will be sailing to Mombasa, there's lots of chatter, lots of blather, plus a couple from England who are gate-crashers. It's a tale that's rather cobbled and contrived, put together on the hoof's how it's devised, Jennifer Jones is quite a star, rest of the cast are below par, as you watch you might just need to be revived.
It's not the highlight of the director's career nor the leading actor for that matter, and you suspect it was more fun to make than to watch, as a band of rogues prepare to sail in search of falconic uranium reserves in British East Africa.
It's not the highlight of the director's career nor the leading actor for that matter, and you suspect it was more fun to make than to watch, as a band of rogues prepare to sail in search of falconic uranium reserves in British East Africa.
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- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
- Color
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