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Law of the Tropics

1941 · 76 min

A gentle, old-fashioned romantic drama with a touch of adventure, easy to watch and mildly engaging.

Directed by
Ray Enright
Genres
Romance, Drama
Tagline
The telegram that Jim Conway 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
Overview
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.

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Directed by
Ray Enright
Genres
Romance, Drama
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How it feels

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Tone
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • love
  • identity
  • isolation
  • betrayal
  • redemption
Places
  • countryside
  • sea
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
romance, drama
Directed by
Ray Enright
Written by
Barry Trivers, Charles Grayson, M. Coates Webster
Starring
Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn, Regis Toomey, Mona Maris, Hobart Bosworth, Frank Puglia, Thomas E. Jackson, Paul Harvey
Music
Heinz Roemheld, Howard Jackson
Cinematography
Sidney Hickox
Runtime
76 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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