Beat the Devil (1953)

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Italian title: Il tesoro dell'Africa

Director

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John Huston

Storyline

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A group of international crooks are stranded in Italy awaiting their ship being repaired so they can travel to Africa where they plan to buy land rich in uranium, however all does not go according to plan.

Cast

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• Credited
• Uncredited A-Z
• Unidentified

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Cast

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Actors credited in the English version in credit order, which I believe are the same as all international credits.

Humphrey Bogart
as Billy Dannreuther

Jennifer Jones
as Gwendolen Chelm

Gina Lollobrigida
as Maria Dannreuther

Robert Morley
as Peterson

Peter Lorre
as Julius O'Hara

Edward Underdown
as Harry Chelm

Ivor Barnard
as Major Jack Ross

Marco Tulli
as Ravello

Bernard Lee
as Inspector Jack Clayton

Mario Perrone
as Purser on the SS Nyanga

Giulio Donnini
as Ahmed

Saro Urzì
as Captain of the SS Nyanga

Juan de Landa
as The Driver

Aldo Silvani
as Charles

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Uncredited actors A-Z

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Siva Fazi
as Cafe customer

Mimmo Poli
as Barman

Manuel Serrano
as Arab guard
IMDb mis-identifies Serrano with images of Giulio Donnini from this film

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Unidentified actors

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Uncredited actors listed by other sources, but not identified

• Dave Crowley - IMDb
• Julie Gibson - IMDb. The only unidentified women in the film are cafe customers or bus passengers, none seen too clearly, so if she appears she must presumably be one of those.
• Gianni Latini - Cineguida
• Alex Pochet - IMDb as Hotel manager. I have no idea who this role refers to. As far as I could find the only member of any hotel staff you see is the porter in image 8.
• Peter Sellers - IMDb as the voice of Billy Dannreuther. Sellers reportedly dubbed some of Humphrey Bogart's dialogue after he was involved in a car accident while filming. Sellers does not appear.

maybe Gianni Latini?

[Johan Melle]

The woman on the far left in pics 5 & 6 is Siva Fazi.

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The woman on the far left in pics 5 & 6 is Siva Fazi.

Added, thank you, thereby doubling our total of uncredited actors

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Gianni Latini could maybe be the arab collecting passports in 26, who is maybe the same arab as the one in 23

[Mauro]

27 and 30 is Manuel Serrano (actor mentioned in the list “Uncredited actors listed by other sources, but not identified”)

https://www.google.it/search?sca_esv=5e ... 0&dpr=1.25

[PeplumParadise]

27 and 30 is Manuel Serrano (actor mentioned in the list “Uncredited actors listed by other sources, but not identified”)

https://www.google.it/search?sca_esv=5e ... 0&dpr=1.25

As far as I can see there are no images on that google link that actually show Serrano, they are mostly mis-identified shots of Giulio Donnini from this film. This should be Serrano below in his credited role in Il tesoro del Bengala from the same year. I think it could be him, but am not absolutely certain, the nose is certainly very similar, but the lips seem a bit different and I don't see the lines in his cheeks. Hopefully we can get some other opinions.

[Stuntman Mike]

27 and 30 is Manuel Serrano (actor mentioned in the list “Uncredited actors listed by other sources, but not identified”)

https://www.google.it/search?sca_esv=5e ... 0&dpr=1.25

As far as I can see there are no images on that google link that actually show Serrano, they are mostly mis-identified shots of Giulio Donnini from this film. This should be Serrano below in his credited role in Il tesoro del Bengala from the same year. I think it could be him, but am not absolutely certain, the nose is certainly very similar, but the lips seem a bit different and I don't see the lines in his cheeks. Hopefully we can get some other opinions.
serrano2-side.jpguk30a-side.jpg

the shape of the nose is particular and in both cases it seems to be identical, I would say it is the same person