Gossip, snobbery, mistrust, divorce and a mail-order engagement dominate the lives of the British upper class living in the plantation colonies of Southeast Asia.
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Title: The Road to Singapore (1931)
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| William Powell | ... | Hugh Dawltry | |
| Doris Kenyon | ... | Philippa Crosby March | |
| Marian Marsh | ... | Rene March | |
| Louis Calhern | ... | Dr. George March | |
| Alison Skipworth | ... | Mrs. Wey-Smith | |
| Lumsden Hare | ... | Mr. Wey-Smith | |
| Tyrell Davis | ... | Nikki (as Tyrrell Davis) | |
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A.E. Anson | ... | Dr. Muir |
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A snobbish doctor in the tropics sends for a former nurse associate from England to marry him. But he is a changed man. He seeks fame through medicine and neglects his wife for his work. A returning plantation owner with a sullied reputation lures the woman away from her husband. Written by SimonJack
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Love's byway - dotted by broken hearts- with memories marking the miles! (Print Ad- Calgary Daily Herald, ((Calgary, Alta.)) 17 October 1931) See more »Parents Guide:
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The play on which the novel and this movie was based opened in Cardiff, UK on 7 October 1929. See more »Quotes
Philippa Crosby March: I came out here in search of love and happiness. I found instead, a machine. A machine of cold steel. As cold as the instruments you use to probe into the bodies of unconscious patients on operating tables. Nursing hadn't changed me from a woman. But surgery and the tropics had changed the man I came to marry. So, I turned to Hugh Dawltry for the love and affection you didn't give me.See more »
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10 October 1931 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Road to Singapore See more »Filming Locations:
Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USACompany Credits
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Early talkie melodrama about a man (William Powell) whose reputation is tarnished for having an affair with a married woman. So he relocates to a tropical island. Turns out they have married women there, too. Who knew?
Powell's charismatic as usual but he can't breathe much life into this tired script. It's a clichéd story, even for the time. Not exciting or particularly interesting, at least for my tastes. Reading the other reviews here, I'm kind of blown away by the praise. I had to check my TV to make sure we're all talking about the same movie. I like William Powell as much as the next person but this is mediocre stuff.