Basil Rathbone
Paul Reynard
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Plot. French financier Paul Reynard (Rathbone) is sentenced to a ten-year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud. His wife Irene (Gurie) and Paul's faithful servant Dirk (McLaglen) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape.
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 · John Brahm. Kino Lorber. 18 April 2023. What is Rio? We can safely say it’s a 1939 film directed by John Brahm and starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen. Wikipedia calls it a crime...
Rio is a 1939 American film directed by John Brahm, starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen. Movie Info. Tags. American, Prison Escape, Rio De Janeiro ...
Rio (1939) 75 min. b&w. Rio is the story of the downfall of a crooked financier, played by Basil Rathbone. The film opens in Paris. A group of bankers on the verge on ruin are looking for Paul Reynard, but he's not there. He's in London. On the phone he tells them he has obtained a loan, and they are relieved--for the moment.
Overview. 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. John Brahm. Aben Kandel. Edwin Justus Mayer. Stephen Morehouse Avery. Frank Partos. Jean Negulesco.
