Writing
Truman Capote rewrote daily while drunk, and it shows gloriously
Acting
Jennifer Jones commits to the most unhinged British accent in cinema history
Direction
Huston allegedly lost the script and nobody noticed
Director
John Huston
Humphrey Bogart
Billy Dannreuther
Jennifer Jones
Gwendolen Chelm
Gina Lollobrigida
Maria Dannreuther
Robert Morley
Peterson
Peter Lorre
Julius O'Hara
Edward Underdown
Harry Chelm
Ivor Barnard
Maj. Jack Ross
Marco Tulli
Ravello
Bernard Lee
Insp. Jack Clayton
Giulio Donnini
Administrator
Saro Urzì
Captain of SS Nyanga
Juan de Landa
Hispano-Suiza Driver
Aldo Silvani
Charles
Mimmo Poli
Barman (uncredited)
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This 'camp classic' flopped so hard Bogart founded his own production company just to never let studios do this to him again.
Peter Lorre's character name 'Julius O'Hara' was a dig at a studio exec Huston hated — the crew knew, the exec didn't.
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