Steve Harper — One Night in the Tropics Character Profile

About Steve Harper

The groom-to-be whose wedding is threatened by his ex-girlfriend and a friend's insurance scheme, ultimately forcing his own wedding at gunpoint.

Character Facts

Played by

Robert Cummings

Appears in

One Night in the Tropics (1940)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (3)

• Steve Harper — Romantic Fiancés — Cynthia Merrick (Nancy Kelly)

  Engaged couple preparing for their wedding before external interference.

• Steve Harper — Romantic Former Lovers — Mickey Fitzgerald (Peggy Moran)

  Past romantic connection that resurfaces to disrupt the current engagement.

• Steve Harper — Power Coercive Underwriter — Roscoe (William Frawley)

  Financial backer uses armed coercion to ensure the wedding proceeds.

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• Nina (Nina Orla)
• Roscoe (William Frawley)
• Mickey Fitzgerald (Peggy Moran)
• Escobar (Leo Carrillo)
• Rodolfo (Don Alvarado)
• James G. Moore (Richard Carle)
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