Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940 | 1h 28m | Romantic Comedy, Crime | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, and Ann Sothern star in the story of a gangster who hides out in a monastery and stays to become a monk.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Lloyd Bacon

CAST

Edward G. Robinson

Humphrey Bogart

Donald Crisp

Ann Sothern

Ralph Bellamy

Allen Jenkins

Charles D. Brown

Cecil Kellaway

Morgan Conway

Richard Lane

Paul Guilfoyle

John Ridgely

Joseph Crehan

Wilfred Lucas

Tom Tyler

Dick Wessel

Granville Bates

Paul Phillips

Don Rowan

Nanette Vallon

Tim Ryan

Joe Caits

Pat Gleason

Tommy Baker

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Earl Baldwin

Related Videos

Brother Orchid (1940) -- (Movie Clip) You Don't Catch On To Class
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Retiring gangster Little John (Edward G. Robinson) with gal Flo (Ann Sothern), informing her she's not coming on his trip to Europe seeking class, aide Willie (Allen Jenkins) supporting, early in Brother Orchid, 1940.
Brother Orchid (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Who's Your Boss?
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Returned from five years abroad, gangster Little John (Edward G. Robinson) is greeted warmly at first by Jack (Humphrey Bogart) and henchmen (Morgan Conway, Richard Lane, Paul Guilfoyle, John Ridgely), in Brother Orchid, 1940.
Brother Orchid (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Nice Mugs
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Vignettes as gangster Little John (Edward G. Robinson) learns the ways of the monks (Donald Crisp, Cecil Kellaway, Charles D. Brown, Joseph Crehan) at the monastery where he's hiding out, in Brother Orchid, 1940.
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Brother Orchid - (Original Trailer)
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After a failed hit, mob chief Edward G. Robinson recuperates in a monastery in Brother Orchid (1940).

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