Crime

The Brothers Rico

- Three hunted men and their desperate women...

Eddie Rico, the erstwhile bookkeeper for a big Mafia boss, is now making a living as an honest merchant in Florida with his family. Things go sour when the police start a search for his syndicate-linked brothers who are on the lam after a big hit, forcing Eddie to get involved with the Mafia again.

Release Date : 1957-09-01

Language :EnglishItalianSpanish

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : William Goetz Productions

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Eddie Rico

Original Name : Richard Conte

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alice Rico

Original Name : Dianne Foster

Gender : Female

Character Name : Norah Malaks Rico

Original Name : Kathryn Grant

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sid Kubik

Original Name : Larry Gates

Gender : Male

Character Name : Johnny Rico

Original Name : James Darren

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mrs. Rico

Original Name : Argentina Brunetti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Peter Malaks

Original Name : Lamont Johnson

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mike Lamotta

Original Name : Harry Bellaver

Gender : Male

Character Name : Gino Rico

Original Name : Paul Picerni

Gender : Male

Character Name : Phil

Original Name : Paul Dubov

Gender : Male

Character Name : Charlie Gonzales

Original Name : Rudy Bond

Gender : Male

Character Name : Vic Tucci

Original Name : Richard Bakalyan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Joe Wesson

Original Name : William Phipps

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mimi Aguglia

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : George Blagoi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George Cisar

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Patricia Donahue

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Jane Easton

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Mimi Gibson

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Michael Jeffers

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Betsy Jones-Moreland

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Kenner G. Kemp

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ethan Laidlaw

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Estelle Lawrence

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : George J. Lewis

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Leota Lorraine

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Robert Malcolm

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Peggy Maley

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Mathew McCue

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Ernesto Molinari

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Monty O'Grady

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Jean Ransome

Gender : Female

Character Name :

Original Name : Cosmo Sardo

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Stephen Soldi

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Bert Stevens

Gender : Male

Character Name :

Original Name : Estelita Zarco

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

But Eddie you got even bigger troubles. You going to live. The Brothers Rico is directed by Phil Karlson and adapted to screenplay by Lewis Meltzer, Ben Perry and Dalton Trumbo from a story written by Georges Simenon. It stars Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Crosby, Larry Gates and James Darren. Music is scored by George Duning and cinematography by Burnett Guffey. Retired from the mob and happy in his new found family life, Eddie Rico (Conte) is pulled back into the underworld when word comes that his two brothers, who are still working for the syndicate, are wanted men. Coming at the end of the film noir cycle, The Brothers Rico sits somewhere in between noir and pure crime drama. Conte's character is a classic noir protagonist, a man who is unable to shake off his past and gets drawn into the dark underworld by family ties. Waiting there for him is a surprise, and not a good one at that. The script is very well written, which in Karlson's hands paints a sinister mob underworld operating right under the noses of everyday folk. There's much talking and very little action for most of the running time, but the dialogue is strong, always imbuing the narrative with a sense of menace, background characters are always a threat and violence implied looms over proceedings. However, in spite of it being well written and acted with great skill by Conte, Gates and the support cast, it's a dull visual experience and crowned off by a ridiculous "aint life grand epilogue". Top cinematographer Burnett Guffey is wasted here, the film is very minimalist in production, with the film often feeling like an episode of some TV cop show. There's a brief glimpse in the last five minutes of what Guffey could do, but that's it. Conte's character provides the ticket to the noir universe, but ultimately this represents the changing of the guard, a winding down of true film noir. From a viewpoint of the film being a crime drama that provides an observation of a crime syndicate as a real presence, Karlson's movie scores a more than safe 7/10. As a film noir, though, it barely registers and noir fans should expect a flat 5/10 movie. Rounded out I make it 6/10.