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Brother Orchid
“We'd like youse to meet Brother Orchid!”
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.
Directed by Lloyd Bacon, Hal B. Wallis
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Status
Released
Released
June 7, 1940
Runtime
1h 28m
Language
English
Top cast
Edward G. Robinson
Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Ann Sothern
Florence 'Flo' Addams
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Buck
Donald Crisp
Brother Superior
Ralph Bellamy
Clarence P. Fletcher
Allen Jenkins
Willie 'The Knife' Corson
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
Dick Wessel
Buffalo Burns
Granville Bates
Pattonsville Superintendent
Paul Phillips
French Frank
Don Rowan
Al Muller
Nanette Vallon
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