Rio (1939 film)

Rio
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Brahm
Written by	Stephen Morehouse Avery Aben Kandel Edwin Justus Mayer Frank Partos
Story by	Jean Negulesco
Starring	Basil Rathbone Victor McLaglen
Music by	Charles Previn Frank Skinner (uncredited)
Cinematography	Hal Mohr
Edited by	Philip Cahn
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	September 29, 1939 (United States)
Running time	75 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Rio is a 1939 American film directed by John Brahm, starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen.^[1]

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. 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.

Cast

• Basil Rathbone as Paul Reynard
• Victor McLaglen as Dirk
• Sigrid Gurie as Irene Reynard
• Robert Cummings as Bill Gregory
• Leo Carrillo as Roberto
• Billy Gilbert as Manuelo
• Maurice Moscovitch as the old convict
• Samuel S. Hinds as Lamartine
• Irving Pichel as Rocco
• Irving Bacon as 'Mushy'
• Ferike Bores as Maria

References

1. Rio at the American Film Institute Catalog.

External links

• Rio at the American Film Institute Catalog
• Rio at the Internet Movie Database
• Rio at AllMovie
• Rio at the TCM Movie Database