Romance ·Drama · United States of America · 1939 · 1h 32m

Lady of the Tropics

Lady of the Tropics poster
Director
Jack Conway
Cast
Robert Taylor as William 'Bill' Carey Hedy Lamarr as Manon deVargnes Carey, aka Kira Kim Joseph Schildkraut as Pierre Delaroch Gloria Franklin as Nina Ernest Cossart as Father Antoine Mary Taylor as Dolly Harrison
Crew
Ben Hecht — Screenplay
Tagline

Hedy Lamarr set the world aflame with her beauty in "Algiers" ! Now you see her in the arms of a dashing Bob Taylor !

Synopsis

American playboy Bill Carey woos a half-caste beauty in French Indochina, but her second-class legal status makes a formidable barrier to their happiness.

Mood & Themes
saigonplayboyinterracial marriagetragic loveamerican abroadfrench colonialismhalf castemurder by gunshotmanipulated womanrunaway womansuicide by gunvietnamese woman
Key Collaborators
Jack Conway Director Ben Hecht Screenplay
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