The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico

1957 · 92 min · EN · 6.2 (40 votes)
Dir. Phil Karlson · Starring Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant, Larry Gates, James Darren, Argentina Brunetti · Music George Duning

“Three hunted men and their desperate women...”

Crime

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.

VIBE

A suffocating sense of dread permeates this tale of inescapable criminal ties. The shadows of the past loom large, threatening to engulf a man trying to escape his roots. It's a world of moral compromise and grim inevitability.

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