Brother Orchid (1940)

Directed by

Lloyd Bacon

Genre

comedy film, crime film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.6 of 10 from 41 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A gangster retires from crime and tries to find peace, joining a monastery. He uses his tough skills to help the monks fight off a criminal rival.

lightheartedcomicaleasygoingplayfulwhimsicalfast-pacedquirkysly

What happens

Brother Orchid is a 1940 American crime/comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy and Allen Jenkins. The screenplay was written by Earl Baldwin, with uncredited contributions from Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley, based on a story by Richard Connell originally published in Collier's Magazine on May 21, 1938. Prior to the creation of the movie version of Connell's story, a stage adaptation was written by playwright/novelist Leo Brady. The script was originally produced at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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