One Night in the Tropics Page #5

Synopsis: Jim "Lucky" Moore (Allan Jones), an insurance salesman, comes up with a novel policy for his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings): a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1-million if Steve does not marry his fiancée, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The upcoming marriage is jeopardized by Steve's ex-girlfriend, Mickey (Peggy Moran), and Cynthia's disapproving Aunt Kitty. The policy is underwritten by a nightclub owner, Roscoe (William Frawley), who sends two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to ensure that the wedding occurs as planned. Everyone involved in the situation winds up sailing or flying to San Marcos (a fictional South American country), where another complication arises, when Lucky falls for Cynthia. Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia, but Roscoe does not have to pay the $1-million because Steve ends up marrying Mickey.
Genre: Comedy, Music
Production: Universal
  1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.9
APPROVED
Year:
1940
82 min
80 Views


bills. Five hundred dollar bills.

Another hundred.

They're all hundreds.

What was that?

Somebody put a buck in here.

Oh, behave yourself.

I bet $ 10.

Ten dollars? Why, certainly.

I had a ten a minute ago.

Have you got two tens for a five? Yeah.

There we are.

Now, there's your ten.

- Come on, come on!

- What's the matter? Something wrong?

Fifteen dollars went south!

What do you mean?

You say "You got two tens for a five?"

and I give it to ya.

Oh, you did? Wise guy. Okay, here's

your five. Give me back my two tens.

That's better.

Now get out of here.

Ten more to you. That's the

idea. How about you, friend?

Hiya, boss.

Here's two tens.

Gimme a five.

You did it to me...

And he did it to me too. Oh,

certainly. What are you doing?

Whatever I'm doing,

I'm doing wrong.

I'll straighten you out.

I'll bet you $200. Okay.

Now, take a number. Any

number from one to ten. Four.

Nope. Number five. But you

were close. You're getting hot.

Wanna make a wager, boss?

Why not?

The bankroll.

The whole works.

Now you take a number. Any

number from one to ten. Seven.

Oh, please. Boss, I'll

bet you $500. Uh-huh.

Take a number from one to ten. Seven.

Nope. Eight.

I had eight.

You weren't even playin'. Cut out this

nonsense and give him back his stuff.

You heard the boss.

Give the man back his stuff.

Is it in there?

Yes, this is it.

Wait a minute, wait a minute.

This is my wallet!

I was minding it for ya.

Minding it. Now listen,

you ten-cent thief, no more stealin'.

We've gone legitimate. You

heard the boss. No more stealing.

We've gone legitimate.

Wait a minute.

What are you doing

with my wallet in there?

What's the idea?

Why do you do things like this?

Oh, I'm a bad boy.

If you have Aunt Kitty all soothed,

why didn't she come?

Oh, the address here added up

to something fatal. Oh, really?

The boss wants to see you.

All right with you?

Of course. IfJim comes along, be very nice.

You'll know him by his long, gray

beard. How does he wear it, braided?

What does Roscoe want to see

me about? Mmm-mmm-mmm! Love.

Your lipstick, mademoiselle.

Oh, thank you, captain.

And would you get me a very dry

martini, please? Oh, certainly.

A very dry martini, please.

And no olive.

And no olive.

Uh, it's not that I'm snobbish or

anything, but mightn't you get fired?

I don't think so.

I'm invaluable here.

Oh, well, it's nice

to be appreciated.

They know a good man when they

see one. Do they know a fresh one?

Oh, everything's fresh here.

Even the service. Oh, you've met.!

Isn't she wonderful, Jim? Jim?

Why, I thought he was a waiter.

I thought she was a knockout.

This is an occasion

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