Law of the Tropics | |
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Directed by | Ray Enright |
Written by | George Beatty (dialogue contributor, uncredited) |
Screenplay by | Charles Grayson Screenplay construction contributors (uncredited): M. Coates Webster Barry Trivers |
Based on | Oil for the Lamps of China <be>1933 book 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 |
Production company | |
Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
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Running time | 76 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Law of the Tropics is a 1941 American drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn and Regis Toomey. By the time Bennett made the film, her career was in steep decline. [1]
The film is loosely based on the 1935 movie Oil for the Lamps of China , but the setting is changed from China to the Amazon jungle, and the tone is somewhat lighter. The conflict between a man's conscience and his corporate loyalty, which is a principal theme of the original, is less important in this film.
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