Jaal - directed by Guru Dutt has Dev playing Tony, a ruthless smuggler without an ounce of compassion. He plays Geeta Bali and uses her for his own devices.. and right until the very end there is no attempt to redeem him or reform him from the villain he is. I thought it was brave of Dev to play such a character at the peak of his stardom.
Ye raat, ye chandni phir kahan remains one of Dev's best songs ever. What a tune by SDB, and lyrics by Sahir! And Hemantda knocks it out of the park.
This song is less known but I like Dev's dancing here 
. He also looks wow! 
I don't know if it was a conscious thing- but he seems to have taken inspiration - or at least he reminds me of - from Gregory Peck's character Lewt from Duel in the Sun. Same rakish arrogance and bad man qualities.
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