Brother Orchid: A gang leader returns from a sojourn in Europe to find that a rival has taken over his crew. In fear for his life, he hides out in a secluded monastery.
"Brother Orchid: A gang leader returns from a sojourn in Europe to find that a rival has taken over his crew. In fear for his life, he hides out in a secluded monastery."@en
"Gangster film about a detective who pretends to leave the police force in order to infiltrate the mob."
""When anti-crime crusader Ward Bryant is murdered, suspicion immediately falls on racketeer Al Kruger. The murder instigates a grand jury investigation of crime syndicates like Kruger's. The investigation is to be headed by Capt. Dan McLaren, the superior officer and friend of former police detective Johnny Blake, now walking a beat in the Bronx. At one time, Kruger had asked Johnny to join his organization, but Johnny chose to remain honest. Johnny expects to join McLaren's investigation, but McLaren fires him for no apparent reason. His old friend Lee Morgan offers him a position in her numbers running game, but he gratefully turns her down. Instead, he takes Kruger up on his earlier offer. Under orders from his secret partners, Kruger wants Johnny to eliminate the weak spots in the organization. Gunman Bugs Fenner doesn't trust Johnny and, in fact, he is really working secretly for the police. His job is to discover the men behind Kruger. When the criminals accuse Johnny of being a stool pigeon, he suggests they start a new racket, based on Lee's numbers game, which is very successful. Encouraged by Fenner, Lee believes that Johnny has double crossed her. After Fenner kills Kruger during an argument, Johnny takes over. He finally meets the bosses, but now Fenner learns that Johnny is working for the police. He tricks Lee into revealing Johnny's hiding place and even though she has a change of heart and tries to warn him, Fenner and Johnny shoot it out. Fenner dies and Johnny is badly wounded, but he manages to finger the bosses before he dies himself. ... According to the New York times review, the character of Johnny Blake was based on the real life policeman Johnny Broderick, sometimes known as 'the Duke' or 'the toughest cop on Broadway.' Writer Martin Mooney, a New York City reporter, uncovered the Welfare Island Prison scandal and spent time in jail as a result of his muckraking. His front page stories exposing racketeering provided the basis for the script. The Al Kruger character was based on notorious gangster Dutch Schultz"--AFI catalog, 1931-1940."@en
"Na década de 30, o detetive Johnny Blake e o novo chefe de polícia armam uma farsa para acabar com a criminalidade. Blake é supostamente demitido pela polícia e se infiltra no bando de criminosos mais perigosos de Nova York para tentar destruí-lo. Consegue, mas isso lhe custa a vida."
"Bullets or ballots : An ex-police detective goes to work for the city's top gangster. Though he quickly rises through the ranks, some are still suspicious of his true motives."@en
"A disgraced New York detective joins a racketeer's payroll and sets the syndicate up for a fall."
"A disgraced New York detective joins a racketeer's payroll and sets the syndicate up for a fall."@en
"When Warner Bros.' depression era gangster movies beganto draw a protest, the studio reinvigorated the genre with stories emphasing law enforcers instead of lawbreakers. Can prison be a place of redemption? Pat O'Brien finds that inmate Bogie is a hard man to reform."@en
"A crime king is a fired police detective who goes to work for the city's top gangster. Although he soon becomes one of the underworld's most powerful figures, he is constantly stalked by a rival gangster who continues to remain suspicious of the former cop."
"A crime king is a fired police detective who goes to work for the city's top gangster. Although he soon becomes one of the underworld's most powerful figures, he is constantly stalked by a rival gangster who continues to remain suspicious of the former cop."@en
""When police detective Johnny Blake is fired, he takes a job with the city's top gangster, who is eager for an insider's help in defeating the law. Shunned by his girlfriend and former friends, Blake soon becomes one of the underworld's most powerful figures." [box cover note]."
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