Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

Lady of the Tropics

Name: Lady of the Tropics
Genre: Romance, Drama
Released: 1939-08-11

directed by Jack Conway

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

19391h 32mNRRomance

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer presents

Lady of the Tropics

directed by Jack Conway

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

19391h 32mNRRomance

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§ Synopsis

Romance · Drama

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.

§ Keywords

what it's about

saigon playboy interracial marriage tragic love american abroad french colonialism half caste murder by gunshot manipulated woman runaway woman suicide by gun vietnamese woman passport to freedom interracial woman

§ Crew

behind the camera

Director

Jack Conway

Screenplay

Ben Hecht

§ Cast

8 of 27

Robert Taylor

as William 'Bill' Carey

Hedy Lamarr

as Manon deVargnes Carey, aka Kira Kim

as Alfred Z. Harrison

Frederick Worlock

as Colonel Demassey

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