
Dead End(1937)
The lives of a young man and woman, an infamous gangster and a group of street kids converge one day in a volatile New York City slum.


“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.

Edward G. Robinson
Little John T. 'Johnny' Sarto

Ann Sothern
Florence 'Flo' Addams

Humphrey Bogart
Jack Buck

Donald Crisp
Brother Superior

Ralph Bellamy
Clarence P. Fletcher

Allen Jenkins
Willie 'The Knife' Corson

Charles D. Brown
Brother Wren

Cecil Kellaway
Brother Goodwin

Morgan Conway
Philadelphia Powell

Richard Lane
Mugsy O'Day
Brother Orchid is a comedy, crime, drama, romance film released in 1940 exploring themes of ship, monk, roadhouse, retirement, mobster, fugitive. Directed by Lloyd Bacon, it stars Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern, Humphrey Bogart. 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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