When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himself as a pious monk.
Brother Orchid has generally received positive reviews.
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Review of Brother Orchid (1940)
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Brother Orchid was released in 1940 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 21 reviews, giving Brother Orchid (1940) an average rating of 67%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 71%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 63%.
With a score of 67%, Brother Orchid is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1940, which stands at 63%.
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