Brother Orchid

IMDb link: 0032285
IMDb rating: 7 (3,446 votes)
Genres: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance
Director: Lloyd Bacon, Donald Crisp
Cast: Edward G. Robinson, Humphrey Bogart, Ann Sothern and others

Release date: 8 Jun 1940
Release year: 1940
Runtime: 88 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: character name as title, nickname as title, gangster drama, gangster crime, sanitarium, transatlantic voyage, watermelon craving, marriage engagement, crime boss, novice

Plot:

Racket Boss John Sarto, tired of gang violence, quits and goes to Europe for "culture." His fortune soon dissipated by European swindlers, he returns to the old mob; but new boss Jack Burns finds him strictly superfluous. Narrowly escaping being rubbed out, Sarto is taken in by the monastery of the "Little Brothers of the Flower." His unique talents prove very useful to the monks...especially when Sarto's old mob forces them out of the flower market.

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