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One Night in the Tropics is a 1940 comedy film which is noted as being the film debut of Abbott and Costello - although they were not the main focus of the story, and only first show up nearly halfway through the film. This film effectively launched their movie careers, with their success in their follwing film, Buck Privates
, making them bonafide movie stars.

Plot

Allan Jones is "Lucky" Moore, an insurance salesman who comes up with a sure-fire way of getting rich. He sells his friend, Steve (Robert Cummings) a 'love insurance policy', that will pay out $1 million if Steve doesn't marry his fiance, Cynthia (Nancy Kelly). The policy is financed by a club owner, Roscoe (William Frawley).

However, complications between Steve and Cynthia are also compunded by the fact that Lucky himself is starting to fall for Cynthia. Wanting to make sure that he doesn't have to pay out $1 million, Roscoe sends his two enforcers - Abbott and Costello - to make sure that the wedding goes on as planned. Everyone involved winds up sailing to San Marcos, where Lucky winds up marrying Cynthia - but the money doesn't have to be paid out, since Steve winds up marrying Mickey (Peggy Moran), a woman who has long admired Steve.

Trivia

The movie is noted not only for being Abbott and Costello's film debut, but also for the amount of routines they managed to put in the film, including an abbreviated version of Who's On First?.

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