Summary
One Night in the Tropics is an American film comedy first released in 1940,
directed by A. Edward Sutherland.
The film stars Allan Jones, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello and Robert Cummings.
Our overall rating for this film is: good.
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Credits
- Director: A. Edward Sutherland
- Script: Earl Derr Biggers, Kathryn Scola, Francis Martin, Gertrude Purcell, Charles Grayson, John Grant
- Photo: Joseph A. Valentine
- Music: Jerome Kern
- Cast: Allan Jones (Jim Moore), Nancy Kelly (Cynthia Merrick), Bud Abbott (Abbott), Lou Costello (Costello), Robert Cummings (Steve Harper), Mary Boland (Aunt Kitty Marblehead), William Frawley (Roscoe), Peggy Moran (Mickey Fitzgerald), Leo Carrillo (Escobar), Don Alvarado (Rodolfo), Nina Orla (Nina), Richard Carle (Mr. Moore), Eddie Acuff (First S.S. Atlantica Steward), William Alston (Orchestra Leader), Monte Blue (Bit Role), Harry C. Bradley (Mr. Moore’s Doctor), Tyler Brooke (First Man Polled by Jim), Ralph Brooks (Nightclub Extra), Edgar Dearing (Cop with Black Eye), Mina Farragut (Dancer in San Marcos), Vivien Fay (Dancer), Charlie Hall (Second S.S. Atlantica Steward), Kathleen Howard (Judge McCracken), Jerry Mandy (Hot Dog Vendor), Francis McDonald (Escobar’s Aide), Harold Miller (Nightclub Extra), Charles Murphy (Drunk in Court), Barry Norton (Second Man Polled by Jim), William H. O’Brien (Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter), Barnett Parker (Thompson, Steve’s Butler), Sally Payne (Woman with First Man Polled by Jim), Frank Penny (Waiter), Theodore Rand (Dancer in San Marcos), Cyril Ring (Club Roscoe Maitre d’), Larry Steers (Apartment Desk Clerk), Russell Wade (Nightclub Extra)
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- Runtime: 82 min; B&W
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