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The Brothers Rico is a american film of genre Drama directed by Phil Karlson released in USA on 1 september 1957 with Richard Conte
The Brothers Rico (1957)
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Add to a movie listThe Brothers Rico is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson and written by Lewis Meltzer, Ben Perry, and Dalton Trumbo. The film is based on a story written by Georges Simenon, the great Belgian writer (literary father of 'commissaire' Maigret). The drama features Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant and James Darren.
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Eddie Rico (Richard Conte) is the owner of a prosperous laundry company in Bayshore, Florida who was the former accountant for a major crime syndicate years ago. He has given up his ties to the syndicate, and hopes to adopt a child with his wife, Alice. When Eddie receives a call asking to give a job to Wesson (William Phipps), a junior mobster, and Alice becomes worried that the syndicate will attempt to bring Eddie back into a life of crime. Eddie calms her down, but then he receives a letter from his mother saying that his two brothers, Johnny (James Darren) and Gino (Paul Picerni), have disappeared. On the way to work, Gino finds Eddie and asks for his help in leaving the country: Gino admits to being the gunman for a gang killing and Johnny was the driver. Gino now believes the syndicate is after him, and he was ordered to St. Louis later that day. Eddie, who does not believe that the syndicate is after them, tells Gino to go to St. Louis and gives him some money. When Eddie returns to work, he finds out that the syndicate boss, "Uncle" Sid Kubik (Larry Gates), has ordered him to Miami. Eddie leaves despite his wife's objections that he will miss an adoption interview.Actors
Richard Conte
(Eddie Rico)
Dianne Foster
(Alice Rico)
Kathryn Crosby
(Norah Malaks Rico)
James Darren
(Johnny Rico)
Larry Gates
(Sid Kubik)
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