Beat The Devil & The Man Who Cheated Himself

About this episode

Episode #735 features reviews of the offbeat comedy 'Beat The Devil' and the noir film 'The Man Who Cheated Himself'.

It's another doubleheader in episode #735, this time with 2 unrelated '50s classics. First up, I talk about the offbeat John Huston comedy Beat The Devil. The screenplay he wrote with Truman Capote is very quotable, even though its characters and daffy plot parody serious caper flicks like Huston's The Maltese Falcon. Humphrey Bogart has been a regular on Have You Ever Seen over the years, but this is the first episode ever for Jennifer Jones or Gina Lollobrigida. Jenny is quirky, cute and quite a talented liar while Gina is...well, staggeringly gorgeous. Then I veer from the fun of that one to spend about 17 minutes on Lee J. Cobb and Jane Wyatt in The Man Who Cheated Himself. Felix Feist's noir is about a cop who breaks the law to cover for his murdering mistress. Jane Wyatt is yet another classic actress we'd never covered before. So spend this final Monday of April hearing about a loopy comedy and an intense crime flick. Well, Actually: "coupe" IS pronounced "coo-pay" in French AND in what's known as "British English". Also, the other movie that will be reviewed on Friday will in fact be the Gene Autry western South Of The Border. Subscribe to this effort in your app. Add a…

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Ellis

Topics covered

• film reviews
• comedy
• noir
• classic cinema
• 1950s films

Keywords

• Beat The Devil
• The Man Who Cheated Himself
• Humphrey Bogart
• 1950s films
• film reviews

Mentioned in this episode

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Books & works: Beat The Devil, The Man Who Cheated Himself, The Maltese Falcon, South Of The Border

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