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Brother Orchid 1940 Edward G Robinson Humphrey Bogart

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Edward G. Robinson plays orchid-loving gangster Little John Sarto, who aspires to "real class." During a power struggle with usurping mobster Jack Buck (Humphrey Bogart), Sarto is taken for a one-way ride, but he escapes his would-be assassins and hides out in a monastery overseen by Brother Superior (Donald Crisp). Sarto insists that he'd like to become a monk himself, but in fact he's using the monastery as a hideout, the better to mount his counterattack against Buck. Eventually Sarto's resolve is weakened by the kindness of the monks, and he decides to turn over a new leaf. He sees to it that Buck is brought to justice, and also fixes up his true-blue "moll," Flo Addams (Ann Sothern), with good-hearted Texas rancher Clarence Fletcher (Ralph Bellamy). (News flash! Bellamy gets the girl for once!) Sarto, now known as "Brother Orchid," returns to the monastery for good, declaring that he's finally found the real class. Though Edward G. Robinson didn't want to play another gangster, he agreed to star in Brother Orchid in exchange for being allowed to essay the lead in Warner Bros.' historical drama A Dispatch From Reuter's (1940).
The cast, turning in performances that are first-rate. They're wonderful company to be with, and they push Orchid into the winner's circle.

Cast:

Edward G. Robinson - Little John Sarto
Humphrey Bogart - Jack Buck
Donald Crisp - Brother Superior
Ralph Bellamy - Clarence Fletcher
Allen Jenkins - Willie The Knife
Charles D. Brown - Brother Wren
Cecil Kellaway - Brother Goodwin
Morgan Conway - Philadelphia Powell
Richard Lane - Mugsy O'Day
Paul Guilfoyle - Red Martin
John Ridgely - Texas Pearson
Joseph Crehan - Brother MacEwen
Wilfred Lucas - Brother MacDonald
Tom Tyler - Curley Matthews
Granville Bates - Pattonsville Supt.
Paul Phillips - French Frank
Don Rowan - Al Muller
Nanette Vallon - Fifi
Joe Caits - Handsome Harry
Tim Ryan - Turkey Malone
Pat Gleason - Dopey Perkins
Tommy Baker - Joseph
Joan Blondell
Harlan Briggs - Thomas A. Bailey
Charles Coleman - Englishman
G. Pat Collins - Tim O'Hara
Gino Corrado - Artist
Jean del Val - Frenchman
Charles de Ravenne - Stable Boy
Frank Faylen - Superintendent of Service
James Flavin - Parking Attendant
Mary Gordon - Mrs. Sweeney
Creighton Hale - Reporter
George Haywood - Reporter
William Hopper - Reporter
Armand Kaliz - Frenchman
Sam McDaniel - Janitor
Leonard Mudie - Englishman
Edgar Norton - Meadows
Frank Orth - Waiter
John Qualen - Mr. Pigeon
Ann Sothern - Flo Addams
Dick Wessel - Buffalo Burns

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