Basil Rathbone
Paul Reynard
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Rio is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm and starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen. [3] The film's title sequence doesn't credit a producer. [4] Rio is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive .
Rio: Directed by John Brahm. With Basil Rathbone, Victor McLaglen, Sigrid Gurie, Robert Cummings. A crazed man escapes from prison to kill his wife's lover.
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- Crime, Drama, Romance
- John Brahm
- 1939-09-29
To remain close to her husband, Irene, accompanied by Dirk, Paul's body guard and valet, travels to Rio de Janeiro, where she finds a job singing in Roberto's Cafe. At the cafe, Irene meets Bill Gregory, an American engineer whose morale has been destroyed by the collapse of a bridge that he was building.
- John Brahm, Phillip Karlstein
- Basil Rathbone
Apr 18, 2023 · For 1939 audiences, a penny drops: Rio is a riff on the 1934 Stavisky affair, ... In the first of Rio’s tonal shifts, the film suddenly becomes one of those grueling prison dramas out of Devil ...
Rio (1939) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. ... Oscars SXSW Film Festival Women's History Month STARmeter Awards ...
John Brahm. Frank Partos. Stephen Morehouse Avery. Aben Kandel. Edwin Justus Mayer. Jean Negulesco. Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.
Such dark sentiment, unusual for a 1930’s film, colors the world of John Brahm’s Rio and its anti-heroic protagonist Paul Reynard (Basil Rathbone), a powerful financier whose criminal shenanigans land him in a penal colony off the South American coast. Robert Cummings plays Bill Gregory, a handsome dam engineer who assiduously courts the ...
