Law of the Tropics

Law of the Tropics
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	Warner Bros.
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	October 4, 1941 (1941-10-04)
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.

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.

Cast

• Constance Bennett as Joan Madison
• Jeffrey Lynn as Jim Conwoy
• Regis Toomey as Tom Marshall
• Mona Maris as Rita Marshall
• Hobart Bosworth as Boss Frank Davis
• Frank Puglia as Tito
• Thomas E. Jackson as Det. Maguire
• Paul Harvey as Alfred King, Sr.
• Craig Stevens as Alfred King, Jr.
• Charles Judels as Cap
• Roland Drew as Hotel Clerk
• Cliff Clark as Bartender
• Rolfe Sedan as Julio André
• Emory Parnell as Bartender

External links

• Law of the Tropics at IMDb
• Law of the Tropics at the TCM Movie Database
• Law of the Tropics at AllMovie
• Law of the Tropics at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films