Search - The Black Orchid on DVD

MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Questionable for Children Movie Release: 1958 DVD Release: 08/31/2004 Format: DVD - Black and White,Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV - Closed Captioned Edition: Special Collection Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 34 mins Studio: Paramount Members Wishing: 3 Genres: Romance, Romantic Drama

The title is Black Orchid, but the leading lady is a rose--florist Rose Bianco, played by Sophia Loren. Newly widowed, Rose holds herself responsible for the death of her husband, a well-known gangster. Anthony Quinn plays a widower who falls in love with Rose, much to the dismay of his daughter (Ina Balin), who fears that Quinn will be destroyed as thoroughly as Rose's first husband. All ends happily after Rose and her new beau align to find her unhappy runaway son (Jimmy Baird). Black Orchid tries too hard to be a "slice of life;" perhaps it might have fared better with a cast of unknowns, but then who'd go to see it? ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Sophia Loren - Rose Bianco
Anthony Quinn - Frank Valente
Mark Richman - Noble
Ina Balin - Mary Valente
Virginia Vincent - Alma Gallo
Frank Puglia - Henry Gallo