Brother Orchid is a 1940 American crime/comedy film directed by Lloyd Bacon and starring Edward G. Robinson, Ann Sothern and Humphrey Bogart, with featured performances by Donald Crisp, Ralph Bellamy and Allen Jenkins.

[1] Prior to the creation of the movie version of Connell's story, a stage adaptation was written by playwright/novelist Leo Brady.

The script was originally produced at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.. Crime boss Little John Sarto retires suddenly, giving leadership of his gang to Jack Buck, while he leaves for a tour of Europe to acquire "class."

Flo is not totally fooled; she brings along a strong, good-natured admirer, mid-western rancher Clarence P. Fletcher, just in case, but he is knocked out by Buck's men.

At first, he treats it as a joke, calling the monks the "biggest chumps in the world," but the kindness and simple life of the brothers begin to change his opinion.