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Rio is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Brahm released in USA on 29 september 1939 with Basil Rathbone
Rio (1939)
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Add to a movie listRio is a 1939 American film directed by John Brahm, starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen.
Synopsis
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. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with American engineer Bill Gregory (Cummings). After his escape Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man. Seeking revenge, he prepares to shoot Bill in cold blood, but Dirk intervenes and kills Reynard instead.Actors
Basil Rathbone
(Paul Reynard)
Victor McLaglen
(Dirk)
Sigrid Gurie
(Irene Reynard)
Robert Cummings
(Bill Gregory)
Leo Carrillo
(Roberto)
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