Heat Wave (1935)
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.
Director:
Maurice Elvey
Writer:
Austin Melford
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Lester Allen as Tom Brown |
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Anna Lee as Jane Allison |
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Albert Burdon as Albert Speed |
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Cyril Maude as President Allison |
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Vera Pearce as Gloria Spania |
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Bernard Nedell as Gen. Da Costa |
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C. Denier Warren as Col. D'Alvarez |
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Bruce Winston as Lerone |
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Edmund Willard as Hoffman |
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Finlay Currie as Captain |
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Grace Poggi as Dancer |
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Ernest Sefton as Man in Post Office |
| Directing | Maurice Elvey | Director |
| Writing | Austin Melford | Story |
| Writing | Austin Melford | Screenplay |
| Writing | Leslie Arliss | Writer |
| Writing | Jerome Jackson | Writer |
| Camera | Glen MacWilliams | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Paul Capon | Editor |
| Art | Oscar Friedrich Werndorff | Art Direction |
| Sound | Slim Hand | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Production | Roy Ward Baker | Production Assistant |
