Brother Orchid(1940)
NR
06/07/1940 (US)Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance1h 28m6.4
"We'd like youse to meet Brother Orchid!"
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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.
Lloyd Bacon
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Richard Connell
Story
Jerry Wald
Writer
Richard Macaulay
Writer
Earl Baldwin
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A review by talisencrw
9.0
Written on March 12, 2016
A very unusual film which really exemplifies the fine acting range of Robinson, as he decides to give up gangsterism and its high life for the subtle rewards of joining a monastery and finding there's more to offer him from a life of solitude and serving others. A minor classic.
