Law of the Tropics | |
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Directed by | Ray Enright |
Written by | George Beatty |
Screenplay by | Charles Grayson M. Coates Webster Barry Trivers |
Based on | Oil for the Lamps of China by Alice Tisdale Hobart |
Produced by | Bryan Foy Benjamin Stoloff |
Starring | Constance Bennett Jeffrey Lynn Regis Toomey Mona Maris |
Cinematography | Sidney Hickox |
Edited by | Frederick Richards |
Music by | Howard Jackson |
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Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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