“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.
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Cast
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Edward G. Robinson
Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto
Known for
Double Indemnity
The Stranger
Ann Sothern
Florence 'Flo' Addams
Known for
A Letter to Three Wives
The Blue Gardenia
Humphrey Bogart
Jack Buck
Known for
Casablanca
The Maltese Falcon
Donald Crisp
Brother Superior
Known for
How Green Was My Valley
The Man from Laramie
Ralph Bellamy
Clarence P. Fletcher
Known for
Pretty Woman
Trading Places
Allen Jenkins
Willie 'The Knife' Corson
Known for
Top Cat
Pillow Talk
Charles D. Brown
Brother Wren
Known for
The Big Sleep
The Killers
Cecil Kellaway
Brother Goodwin
Known for
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
The Postman Always Rings Twice
Morgan Conway
Philadelphia Powell
Also in
Dick Tracy
The Truth About Murder
Richard Lane
Mugsy O'Day
Known for
Hellzapoppin'
Arabian Nights
Paul Guilfoyle
Red Martin
Known for
Apache
Mighty Joe Young
John Ridgely
Texas Pearson
Known for
The Big Sleep
Air Force
Lloyd Bacon Director · Earl Baldwin Screenplay Jerry Wald Writer
United States release June 7, 1940 · Produced in United States · Production Warner Bros. Pictures
Production
The Vitaphone Corporation
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
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United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · May 29, 1940
Premiere · Hartford, Connecticut
United States · June 7, 1940
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
June 8, 1940 · Theatrical
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