An American war film directed by Zoltan Korda, starring Humphrey Bogart, Bruce Bennett, Lloyd Bridges and J. Carrol Naish.
An American tank team are in the Sahara desert during WWII. They pick up other survivors lost in the sands and make their way to a fort. The Nazis find them at the fort and there is a conflict.
This was not bad. The plot almost held my attention and they tried their best to differentiate the characters. Most of them had some back-story or developed in some way. The video style was relatively clear, but black and white. I could see what was going on and didn't find any bad editing. The audio was mid-high range biased. A little honky and a little over-trebled. Overall, not bad. I rate it tolerable.
In ancient Egyptian mythology, a dead person's soul would be weighed against the feather of truth in a ritual called a psychostasy. If their soul was lighter than the feather, it would ascend into the afterlife. Heavy souls were devoured by Maat, eater of the dead. Good films go to hard drive heaven while the recycle bin eats the rest.
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Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Beat The Devil (1953)
An English adventure by John Huston starring Humphrey Bogart.
The leader of a crime gang and the owner of land rich in uranium meet with their wives in a port in Italy as they wait for the boat to be ready to leave. The wives get to know each other's husbands and seem to begin a simultaneous affair with these men, switching partners. When the boat leaves, the crime gang and the couples are on board when it sinks.
I liked the plot and thought it was interesting. Apparently, the script was written on a day-to-day basis while filming was taking place. The characters were good and the acting was adequate. There seemed to be something missing though, style. There was none. I'm rating this o.k. because it was mediocre and only slightly interesting.
The leader of a crime gang and the owner of land rich in uranium meet with their wives in a port in Italy as they wait for the boat to be ready to leave. The wives get to know each other's husbands and seem to begin a simultaneous affair with these men, switching partners. When the boat leaves, the crime gang and the couples are on board when it sinks.
I liked the plot and thought it was interesting. Apparently, the script was written on a day-to-day basis while filming was taking place. The characters were good and the acting was adequate. There seemed to be something missing though, style. There was none. I'm rating this o.k. because it was mediocre and only slightly interesting.
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