The Tuttles of Tahiti

The Tuttles of Tahiti is a 1942 film directed by Charles Vidor and starring Charles Laughton and Jon Hall. It was based on the novel No More Gas by James Norman Hall and Charles Nordhoff.

Shrewd businessman Jensen Curt Bois persuades the doctor to transfer Jonass debt to him. Jonas is so sure that Chesters rooster will win that he willingly signs a mortgage for the rundown family mansion and bets everything on the outcome. However, the bird turns out be a coward and flees the ring without a fight.Chester notices that Emilys daughter Tamara Peggy Drake has grown into a beautiful young woman, but the young lovers realize that Emily will never sanction Tamaras marriage to a penniless wastrel. ........

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