RIO.

French financier Paul Reynard (Rathbone) is sentenced to a ten-year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud. His wife Irene (Gurie) and Paul's faithful servant Dirk (McLaglen) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with American engineer Bill Gregory. After his escape Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man.

Credits

Cast
Basil Rathbone, Robert Cummings, Sigrid Gurie
Complete catalog record
RIO. 1939. 8 reels, sd. Credits: Director, John Brahm; original story, Jean Negulesco; screenplay, Aben Kandel, Edwin Justus Mayer, Stephen Morehouse Avery, Frank Partos; film editor, Phil Cahn; music director, Charles Previn. Universal Pictures Co., Inc.; 28Sep39; LP9134.

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