"We'd like youse to meet Brother Orchid!" 07 June 1940 Drama, Comedy, Crime 88 mins
When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
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Edward G. Robinson as Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Ann Sothern as Florence 'Flo' Addams
Humphrey Bogart as Jack Buck
Donald Crisp as Brother Superior
Ralph Bellamy as Clarence P. Fletcher
Allen Jenkins as Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Charles D. Brown as Brother Wren
Cecil Kellaway as Brother Goodwin
Morgan Conway as Philadelphia Powell
Richard Lane as Mugsy O'Day
Paul Guilfoyle as Red Martin
John Ridgely as Texas Pearson
Joseph Crehan as Brother MacEwen
Wilfred Lucas as Brother MacDonald
Tom Tyler as Curley Matthews
Dick Wessel as Buffalo Burns
William Holmes Editor
Lloyd Bacon Director
Richard Macaulay Writer
Richard Connell Story
Mark Hellinger Producer
Hal B. Wallis Executive Producer
Max Parker Art Direction
Jerry Wald Writer
Heinz Roemheld Original Music Composer
Tony Gaudio Director of Photography
Earl Baldwin Screenplay
Perc Westmore Makeup Artist
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Oscar-winner Humphrey Bogart ("Casablanca" "The Caine Mutiny") stars in this exciting drama about a mob chief who hides out in a monastery after an ...
Trailer for Edward G Robinson's Gangster "spoof" Brother Orchid. They call it a spoof. Gentle humor in a gangster setting. With Ann Southern and Humphrey ...
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Usage Public Domain Mark 1. Gangster Robinson goes on the lam in a monastery with surprising results.
Respect the rules even if you're a gangster whose nemesis is Humphrey Bogart and you're having a bad hair day.
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