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10/11/1933 Drama 1h 8m
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Overview

A nightclub singer marries the rich owner of a rubber plantation. When she returns with him to his estate in Malaysia, she finds out that he is cruel, vicious and insanely jealous. She and the plantation's overseer develop a mutual attraction, but are terrified at what will happen if her husband finds out.

  1. Stuart Walker

    Director

  2. Samuel Hoffenstein

    Writer

  3. Gladys Lehman

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Carole Lombard

    Judith Denning

  2. Charles Laughton

    Horace H. Prin

  3. Charles Bickford

    Ballister

  4. Kent Taylor

    David von Elst

  5. Percy Kilbride

    Jakey

  6. James Bell

    Hambly

  7. Charles Middleton

    Fenton

  8. Claude King

    C.M. Chisholm

  9. Ethel Griffies

    Mrs. Chisholm

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2024-07-15
After the suicide of her husband, down on her luck "Denning" (Carole Lombard) finds herself reduced to singing in a remote club where she espies a chance to escape the drudgery by marrying the "King of the River" - "Prin" (Charles Laughton). He's an outwardly charming fellow, but when she gets to his converted boat many days into the Malay jungle, she discovers he's a bit of a sadistic brute who rules his lucrative rubber planation ruthlessly. Her arrival sets the cat amongst the pigeons and sows a bit of dissent amongst his team causing temperatures to rise and tempers to flare - and that's b...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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