Rio (1939)

Rio (1939). Rio: Directed by John Brahm. With Basil Rathbone, Victor McLaglen, Sigrid Gurie, Robert Cummings. A crazed man escapes from prison to kill his wife's lover.

“Basil Rathbone is a very wealthy man, until it turns out he isnu0026#39;t; thereu0026#39;s a lot of fraud, so he winds up going to Devilu0026#39;s Island. His wife, singer Sigrid Gurie, is kept in thrall, with sidekick Victor McLaglen keeping an eye on her. But drunk Robert Cummings falls in love with her and she with him. Sheu0026#39;s still loyal to Rathbone, so Cummings goes far away and reforms. Meanwhile, Rathbone learns of the incipient affair, and escapes from Deviu0026#39;s Island, and heads to where Miss Gurie is performing, and Cummings — in a pencil-thin mustache — is hoping.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eRathbone is magnetic as the scheming dirtbag, sharp and sardonic and manipulative. Miss Gurie sings three sings, and Cummings plays his role adequately. McLaglen is very god, and there are some nice bits by Billy Gilbert, Leo Carillo, and Irving Pichel.”