The Brothers Rico

The Brothers Rico is a 1957 American crime film noir directed by Phil Karlson and written by Lewis Meltzer, Ben Perry, and Dalton Trumbo. The film is based on a story written by Georges Simenon, the great Belgian writer literary father of commissaire Maigret. The drama features Richard Conte, Dianne Foster, Kathryn Grant and James Darren.

Eddie meets Kubik in Miami, where Kubik apologizes for orders to hire Wesson and congratulates Eddie on his impending adoption. Kubik says the syndicate does not know where Johnny is, but they are concerned that because Johnnys new wifes brother is suspected of being a prosecution witness, Johnny will be persuaded to turn on the syndicate and testify against them in return for clemency. After insisting that he does not believe Johnny has not turned on them, Kubik tells Eddie to find Johnny and make him leave the country in order to protect his life. As Eddie leaves, Kubik goes into a different room where Gino is being beaten.Eddie arrives in New York City and finds Johnnys brotherinlaw, Peter Malaks Lamont Johnson. When Eddie says that Johnny may be in trouble, Malaks tells Eddie he would rather have Johnny dead and does not approve of his sister getting involved with Johnny. Eddie then visits his mother Argentina Brunetti to ask where Johnny is, but she proclaims that even though she once took a bullet to protect Kubiks life, she no longer trusts Kubik. When Eddie tells her that Johnnys life is in danger, she prays in front of a statue of the Virgin Mary and tells Eddie that Johnny last wrote from El Camino, California. ........

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