Law of the Tropics

Law of the Tropics

The telegram that Jim Comway receives states that the woman he was to marry, Laura, could not move to a country she didn't know, and marry a man she felt she no longer knew

1941 · 76 min · ★ 7.3 · Romance, Drama

Jim Conway, who works on a South American rubber plantation, leaves to meet a girl from the United States whom he is to marry. But he receives a telegram from her telling him she has married someone else. He goes to a waterfront café where he meets a singer, Joan Madison, and tells her his troubles. He asks her to marry him and return to the plantation with him using the name of the girl he was to marry. This strikes her as a great idea as she is a wanted fugitive.

Directed by Ray Enright · Written by Charles Grayson

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Cast

Constance Bennett Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura
Jeffrey Lynn Jim Conwoy
Regis Toomey Tom Marshall
Mona Maris Rita Marshall
Hobart Bosworth Boss Frank Davis
Frank Puglia Tito
Thomas E. Jackson Det. Maguire
Paul Harvey Alfred King, Sr.
Craig Stevens Alfred King, Jr.
Charles Judels Captain of River Boat
Roland Drew Hotel Clerk
Cliff Clark Bartender

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