Rio (1939 film)

Rio
Theatrical release poster
Directed by John Brahm
Screenplay by Aben Kandel
Edwin Justus Mayer
Frank Partos
Stephen Morehouse Avery
Story by Jean Negulesco
Starring Basil Rathbone
Victor McLaglen
Music by Frank Skinner
Cinematography Hal Mohr
Edited by Philip Cahn
Production
company
Universal Pictures
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • September 29, 1939 (1939-09-29) (United States)
Running time
 77 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Rio is a 1939 American crime 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

Production

The film was to have starred Danielle Darrieux but her return from France was delayed so Sigrid Gurie was cast. Filming started 21 July 1939.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ Rio at the American Film Institute Catalog.
  2. ↑ By DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. (1939, Jun 29). SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/103031207?accountid=13902
  3. ↑ By DOUGLAS W CHURCHILL Special to THE NEW,YORK TIMES. (1939, Jul 21). SCREEN NEWS HERE AND IN HOLLYWOOD. New York Times (1923-Current File) Retrieved from https://search-proquest-com.ezproxy.sl.nsw.gov.au/docview/103033197?accountid=13902
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