Directed by:
John BrahmCinematography:
Hal MohrComposer:
Frank SkinnerCast:
Basil Rathbone, Victor McLaglen, Sigrid Gurie, Robert Cummings, Leo Carrillo, Billy Gilbert, Maurice Moscovitch, Irving Bacon, Samuel S. Hinds, Irving Pichel (more)Plots(1)
Though running a mere 75 minutes, Rio has enough plot for ten movies. Basil Rathbone and Sigrid Gurie, previously teamed in The Adventures of Marco Polo, head the cast as crooked French financier Paul Reynard and his wife Irene. Sentenced to a ten-year term in a French penal colony for bank fraud, Paul wonders if his wife will remain faithful to him. At first glance it seems that he has nothing to worry about: Irene and family friend Dirk (Victor McLaglen) head to Rio to arrange for Paul's escape, with Dirk vowing to shield Irene from any and all sexual predators. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with red- blooded American engineer Bill Gregory (Robert Cummings). Upon emerging from his dank prison cell, Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man. Seeking revenge, he prepares to shoot Bill in cold blood, but good old Dirk intervenes, paving the way for a happy ending — for everyone but Paul, that is. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Basil Rathbone
South Africa
Best movies:
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Captain Blood (1935)
The Dawn Patrol (1938)
Victor McLaglen
UK
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The Informer (1935)
Dishonored (1931)
The Quiet Man (1952)
Sigrid Gurie
USA
Best movies:
Three Faces West (1940)
The Adventures of Marco Polo (1938)
Algiers (1938)
Robert Cummings
USA
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Leo Carrillo
USA
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Phantom of the Opera (1943)
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Billy Gilbert
USA
Best movies:
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Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Maurice Moscovitch
Russian Empire
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Irving Bacon
USA
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Samuel S. Hinds
USA
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Irving Pichel
USA
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Ferike Boros
Austria-Hungary
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Frank Reicher
German Empire
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Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
Ernie Adams
USA
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Lane Chandler
USA
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Bess Flowers
USA
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Russell Hicks
USA
Best movies:
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Joe Sawyer
Canada
Best movies:
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The Roaring Twenties (1939)
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Charles Sullivan
USA
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Paul Bryar
USA
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Henry Armetta
Italy
Best movies:
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