Law of the Tropics

{{short description|1941 film by Ray Enright}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Law of the Tropics

| image = File:Law of the Tropics.jpg

| caption =

| director = Ray Enright

| producer = Bryan Foy
Benjamin Stoloff

| based_on = {{based on|Oil for the Lamps of China|Alice Tisdale Hobart}}

| writer = George Beatty

| screenplay = Charles Grayson
M. Coates Webster
Barry Trivers

| starring = Constance Bennett
Jeffrey Lynn
Regis Toomey
Mona Maris

| music = Howard Jackson

| cinematography = Sidney Hickox

| editing = Frederick Richards

| studio = Warner Bros.

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{Film date|1941|10|4}}

| runtime = 76 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| gross =

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Law of the Tropics is a 1941 American drama film directed by Ray Enright and starring Constance Bennett, Jeffrey Lynn and Regis Toomey. By the time Bennett made the film, her career was in steep decline.Kellow, Brian. The Bennetts: An Acting Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2004. p.249 It was produced and distributed by Warner Brothers.Fetrow p.266

The film is loosely based on the 1935 movie Oil for the Lamps of China, but the setting is changed from China to the Amazon jungle, and the tone is somewhat lighter. The conflict between a man's conscience and his corporate loyalty, which is a principal theme of the original, is less important in this film.