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..


First things first. Do not go into this expecting a musical or Bob Hope making jokes about a camel. This is the 1931 version of The Road to Singapore and it is way more depressing than that. Is it worth your time today? Only if you really like William Powell or if you have a thing for movies where everyone looks like ...

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"First things first. Do not go into this expecting a musical or Bob Hope making jokes about a camel. This is the 1931 version of The Road to Singapore and it is way more depressing than that. Is it worth your time today? Only if you really like William Powell or if you have a thing for movies where everyone looks like they desperately need a cold shower. If you want action, you are gonna hate this. It is basically a story about British people being mean to each other in a tropical plantation. T..."
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