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Podcast: Word Balloon Comics Podcast
Episode: Bogie Huston and... Capote ? Beat The Devil
Description: In this offbeat edition of Word ,Balloon's SCENE MISSING Gabriel Hardman and I peel back the curtain on the gloriously chaotic making of Beat the Devil (1953), the cult classic that blended noir, comedy, and adventure long before it was fashionable.With a script co-written on the fly by Truman Capote, a sardonic performance from Humphrey Bogart, and the directing flair of John Huston, Beat the Devil was a film where nearly nothing went according to plan—and that’s exactly what makes it legendary. We dig into the behind-the-scenes madness: from Bogart breaking his teeth in a car crash...