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.

Cast (12)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

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

C. Denier Warren

Col. D'Alvarez

Bruce Winston

Lerone

Edmund Willard

Hoffman

Finlay Currie

Captain

G

Grace Poggi

Dancer

E

Ernest Sefton

Man in Post Office

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