Orchid, the gangster brother
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Orchid, the gangster brother |
| Original title | Brother Orchid |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1940 |
| length | 91 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Lloyd Bacon |
| script | Earl Baldwin |
| production | Hal B. Wallis |
| music | Heinz Roemheld |
| camera | Tony Gaudio |
| cut | William Holmes |
| occupation | |
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Orchid the Gangster Brother is a 1940 American crime comedy directed by Lloyd Bacon based on a story by Richard Connell . The film premiered on June 7, 1940. In Germany it was first broadcast on German television on January 29, 1982 on ZDF .
action
Gang boss John Sarto pulls out of the business, leaves his girlfriend Flo Addams and travels the world. But after five years he returns to his old territory to lead his old gang again. But the gang is now led by Jack Buck. Flo also runs her own business with the Texan rancher Clarence Fletcher. Soon Sarto has set up a new gang and is pushing hard into his old territory. Buck's men carry out an attack on Sarto, whom he survives seriously injured. He can flee to a monastery, where he is not only nursed back to health, but also changes his worldview under the influence of the monks.
Sarto realizes that Flo and Clarence want to get married. He also learns that the monastery is in need of money because Buck does not allow the monks to sell the flowers they have planted in the market. Sarto now leaves the monastery as Brother Orchid and stops the wedding. With Clarence's help, he managed to get the monks to sell their flowers. Sarto decides to devote his life to the monastery and leaves Flo, who can now marry Clarence.
Reviews
The lexicon of the international film about the film: “After ' Little Caesar ' in 1930 and 'Little Giant' in 1933, Edward G. Robinson's career as gangster king ends here in an ironic and witty homage. The apt sentences with which clichés from the gangster film of the 30s are quoted and caricatured make the film an enjoyable swan song for the genre. "
For Cinema magazine , the film is a “ great evergreen. "
Bosley Crowther of the New York Times describes the film as an "excellent farce."
The TimeOut Film Guide praises the film as a "pleasant and unpredictable star comedy ."
Miscellaneous
- Bogart and Robinson made five films together. This is the only film in which neither of the two dies.
- Robinson, who became a star through his gangster roles, wanted to expand his repertoire and feared that the role of Sarto, which was originally intended for James Cagney , would not get him any further. It wasn't until Warner Bros. cast him as Captain Larsen in the film adaptation of The Sea Wolf that Robinson agreed.
- The film staff included special effects designer Byron Haskin , musical director Leo F. Forbstein , orchestra director Ray Heindorf and Don Siegel , who worked in the editing department.
Web links
- Orchid, the gangster brother in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Orchid, the gangster brother. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Orchid, the gangster boy. In: Cinema . Hubert Burda Media , accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Bosley Crowther : THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; 'Brother Orchid' Finds Edward G. Robinson in an Excellent Farce at the Strand - 'Four Sons' Opens at the Roxy - Three New Foreign Films Here . June 8, 1940 ( online at NYTimes.com [accessed May 4, 2019]).
- ^ Brother Orchid. In: TimeOut. Archived from the original on January 6, 2016 ; accessed on May 4, 2019 .
- ^ Rob Nixon: Brother Orchid (1940) Articles. Turner Classic Movies , accessed May 4, 2019 .