---
title: 'Brother Orchid (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Lloyd Bacon'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 91
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/brother-orchid-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032285/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Brother Orchid (1940)

1940 · 91 min · Comedy, Crime · United States


## Synopsis

Brother Orchid is a 1940 American crime/comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy and Allen Jenkins. The screenplay was written by Earl Baldwin, with uncredited contributions from Jerry Wald and Richard Macauley, based on a story by Richard Connell originally published in Collier's Magazine on May 21, 1938. Prior to the creation of the movie version of Connell's story, a stage adaptation was written by playwright/novelist Leo Brady. The script was originally produced at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Lloyd Bacon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lloyd-bacon)
- **Screenplay:** [Jerry Wald](https://cinepixo.com/people/jerry-wald), [Richard Connell](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-connell)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Heinz Eric Roemheld](https://cinepixo.com/people/heinz-eric-roemheld)
- **Producer:** [Hal B. Wallis](https://cinepixo.com/people/hal-b-wallis), [Mark Hellinger](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-hellinger)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tony Gaudio](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-gaudio)
- **Editor:** [William Holmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/william-holmes)

## Cast

- [Donald Crisp](https://cinepixo.com/people/donald-crisp)
- [Allen Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/allen-jenkins)
- [Jean Del Val](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-del-val)
- [Ralph Bellamy](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-bellamy)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Tom Tyler](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-tyler)
- [Edgar Norton](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-norton)
- [Mary Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-gordon)
- [Morgan Conway](https://cinepixo.com/people/morgan-conway)
- [Louise Carter](https://cinepixo.com/people/louise-carter)
- [Ann Sothern](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-sothern)
- [Charles D. Brown](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-d-brown)
- [Frank Faylen](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-faylen)
- [Cecil Kellaway](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-kellaway)
- [Wilfred Lucas](https://cinepixo.com/people/wilfred-lucas)

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