Beat the Devil (film) Quotes

Beat the Devil (film) is a television program that debuted in 1970 . Beat the Devil completed its run in 1970.

It features John Huston as producer, Franco Mannino in charge of musical score, and Oswald Morris as head of cinematography.

Beat the Devil (film) is recorded in English and originally aired in United States, Great Britain, and Italy. Each episode of Beat the Devil (film) is 89 minutes long. Beat the Devil (film) is distributed by British Lion Films (United Kingdom).

The cast includes: Peter Lorre as O'Hara, Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther, Mario Perrone as Purser, Robert Morley as Petersen, Jennifer Jones as Gwendolyn Chelm, and Edward Underdown as Harry Chelm.

Beat the Devil (film) Quotes

Humphrey Bogart as Billy Dannreuther

• (Humphrey Bogart) "I've got to have money. Doctor's orders are that I must have a lot of money, otherwise I become dull, listless and have trouble with my complexion."
• (Jennifer Jones) "But you're not like that now, and you haven't any money."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "It's my expectations that hold me together."

• (Ahmed) "Your demands are very great, under the circumstances."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Why shouldn't they be? Fat Gut's my best friend, and I will not betray him cheaply."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "The only thing standing between you and a watery grave is your wits, and that's not my idea of adequate protection."

• (Humphrey Bogart) "Trouble with England, it's all pomp and no circumstance. You're very wise to get out of it, escape, while you can."

Jennifer Jones as Gwendolyn Chelm

• (Jennifer Jones) "You know, I've changed my mind about you being an evil doctor. You're off to keep a rendezvous someplace in Africa sacred to the tribesmen. You're going to found a new empire, and make yourself master of the riches of the world. But you need a beautiful blonde queen to impress the natives as, ah, the incarnation of the Queen of Sheba. That's why you're making a pass at me."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Am I?"

• (Jennifer Jones) "I am a British subject."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "I wouldn't say that too loud."

• (Jennifer Jones) "I have a theory about you and your friends."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Correction; my associates."
• (Jennifer Jones) "As a matter of fact, I think you're doctors. Evil ones, I mean. You're going to the heart of the jungle where human life is cheap, to perform ghastly experiments which require the sacrifice of thousands on the altar of science."

• (Jennifer Jones) "Harry, we must beware of these men. They are desperate characters."
• (Edward Underdown) "What makes you say that ?"
• (Jennifer Jones) "Not one of them looked at my legs."

Robert Morley as Petersen

• (Ahmed) "Our country is in a state of unrest."
• (Robert Morley) "Oh, I am sorry."

• (Robert Morley) "You mean Mrs. Chelm is an unqualified liar?"
• (Humphrey Bogart) "Well, let's say she uses her imagination rather than her memory."

Peter Lorre as O'Hara

• (Peter Lorre) "I give you my word, I feel to you like an older brother. Oh, it's not so much a difference of age. It's probably, yes, the reason is, because I come from a culture which is so much older than yours. In my country, a child of 6 years old is older in his heart than you'll be at, at 60."
• (Humphrey Bogart) "It smokes, it drinks, it philosophizes -- at this rate I'll be 60 before you get to the point."

Mario Perrone as Purser

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