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One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film noteworthy for being the film debut of Abbott and Costello. The team play minor roles but steal the picture with five of their classic routines, including an abbreviated version of "Who's On First?" Their work earned them a two-picture deal with Universal, and their next film, Buck Privates, made them bona fide movie stars. Songs in the film were by Jerome Kern. The film is based on a 1914 novel, Love Insurance by Earl Derr Biggers, the creator of Charlie Chan.
It was filmed as a silent movie in 1919 as Love Insurance by Paramount with Bryant Washburn and Lois Wilson, and in 1925 by Universal as The Reckless Age.
Original Release
11/15/1940
US Release
11/15/1940
Cast
Name | Character |
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Allan Jones | Jim Moore |
Nancy Kelly | Cynthia Merrick |
Robert Cummings | Steve Harper |
Bud Abbott | Abbott |
Lou Costello | Costello |
Mary Boland | Aunt Kitty Marblehead |
William Frawley | Roscoe |
Peggy Moran | Mickey Fitzgerald |
Leo Carrillo | Senor Escobar / Escobar |
Don Alvarado | Rudolfo / Rodolfo |
Directors
Writers
Gertrude Purcell, Charles Grayson, Kathryn Scola, Francis Martin, Earl Derr Biggers, John Grant
Cast
Name | Character |
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Allan Jones | Jim Moore |
Nancy Kelly | Cynthia Merrick |
Robert Cummings | Steve Harper |
Bud Abbott | Abbott |
Lou Costello | Costello |
Mary Boland | Aunt Kitty Marblehead |
William Frawley | Roscoe |
Peggy Moran | Mickey Fitzgerald |
Leo Carrillo | Senor Escobar / Escobar |
Don Alvarado | Rudolfo / Rodolfo |
Nina Orla | Nina |
Richard Carle | James G. Moore |
The Theodores | San Marcos Dance Team |
Eddie Acuff | First S.S. Atlantica Steward |
William Alston | Orchestra Leader |
Brooks Benedict | Croupier |
Harry C. Bradley | Mr. Moore's Doctor |
Tyler Brooke | First Man Polled by Jim |
Ralph Brooks | Nightclub Patron |
Edgar Dearing | Cop with Black Eye |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Leonard Spigelgass | Producer |