Heat Wave is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Albert Burdon, Cyril Maude and Les Allen.
| Heat Wave | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Maurice Elvey |
| Written by | |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Glen MacWilliams |
| Edited by | Paul Capon |
| Music by | Louis Levy |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Gaumont British Distributors |
Release date |
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Running time | 72 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
It was titled The Code originally.[1]
Plot
editA British vegetable salesman accidentally gets mixed up in a planned revolution in South America.
Cast
edit- Albert Burdon as Albert Speed
- Cyril Maude as President Allison
- Les Allen as Tom Brown
- Anna Lee as Jane Allison
- Vera Pearce as Gloria Spania
- Bernard Nedell as Gen. Da Costa
- C. Denier Warren as Col. D'Alvarez
- Bruce Winston as Lerone
- Edmund Willard as Hoffman
- Finlay Currie as Captain
- Grace Poggi as Dancer
Production
editIt was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures.[2] The film's sets were designed by the Austrian art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.
References
edit- ^ "FILM WORLD". The West Australian. Vol. 51, no. 15, 192. Western Australia. 1 March 1935. p. 3. Retrieved 26 October 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Wood p.82
Bibliography
edit- Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
- Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.
External links
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