Heat Wave

Heat Wave

1935 · 72 min · ★ 10.0 · Comedy, Music

Musical comedy telling the hilarious story of greengrocer Albert Speed’s (Albert Burdon) adventures with would-be revolutionaries in a mythical South American banana republic. He becomes mistaken for a gun-runner, and problems arise when Albert begins using the names of vegetables as code words for weapons and ammunition that they are smuggling! Albert saves not only his own skin, but also those of the Presidente and his attractive daughter.

Directed by Maurice Elvey · Written by Austin Melford

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Lester Allen Tom Brown
Anna Lee Jane Allison
Albert Burdon Albert Speed
Cyril Maude President Allison
Vera Pearce Gloria Spania
Bernard Nedell Gen. Da Costa
C. Denier Warren Col. D'Alvarez
Bruce Winston Lerone
Edmund Willard Hoffman
Finlay Currie Captain
Grace Poggi Dancer
Ernest Sefton Man in Post Office

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