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Law of the Tropics is a american film of genre Drama directed by Ray Enright released in USA on 4 october 1941 with Constance Bennett
Law of the Tropics (1941)
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Add to a movie listLaw 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.
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 more secondary in this film.
Actors
Constance Bennett
(Joan Madison aka Miss Moore and Laura)
Jeffrey Lynn
(Jim Conwoy)
Regis Toomey
(Tom Marshall)
Charles Judels
(Captain of River Boat)
Mona Maris
(Rita Marshall)
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