One Night in the Tropics Movie Review 1940

The film debut of radio stars Abbott & Costello who play secondary roles to a love triangle (set to music). Jones is an insurance salesman who falls in love with Kelly, the fiance of Cummings. Based on the novel "Love Insurance" by Earl Derr Biggers.

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 83 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Musical Comedy, Screen Teams: Abbott & Costello, Island Fare, Marriage, Insurance

Screenplay

Kathryn Scola, Gertrude Purcell, Charles Grayson, Francis Martin

Cast

Allan Jones, Robert Cummings, Nancy Kelly, Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Mary Boland, Peggy Moran, William Frawley, Leo Carrillo

Director

Edward Sutherland

Producer

Leonard Spigelgass, Mark Huffam