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Rio

Exiles From Life...Fugitives From Love

5.4(14)19391h 17m2

Diabolical French capitalist Paul Reynard is forced to leave Irene, his bride of one year, when he is arrested for the crimes of forgery and embezzlement and sentenced to a penal colony off the coast of South America.

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Released
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Language
English
  • rio de janeiro
  • prison escape
  • penal colony
  • island prison

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Director

John Brahm

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United States of America

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  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalNR29 Sept 1939

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Rio was released on 29 September 1939.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/4/2025

    6/10

    "Reynard" (Basil Rathbone) is quite an unscrupulous business man who comes a cropper when it turns out that quite a lot of his collateral for huge great loans - well, the ink is still wet! It's only a matter of time before he's caught and punished, and so is promptly sent off to the infamous Devil's Island prison to rot. Meantime, his loving wife (Sigrid Gurie) thinks he's dead and gets on with her life with "Bill" (…

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