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Heat Wave (1935 film)

Heat Wave is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Albert Burdon, Cyril Maude and Les Allen.

It was titled The Code originally.

Plot

A British vegetable salesman accidentally gets mixed up in a planned revolution in South America.

Cast

Production

It was made at Islington Studios by Gainsborough Pictures. The film's sets were designed by the Austrian art director Oscar Friedrich Werndorff.

Release

Variety wrote "Plenty of old and surefire gags in this one, but enough original touches to make for pleasing entertainment. Cyril Maude... is a delight... Not too much music to detract from the story, nor too much plot to strain the intellect. Pleasing all- round amusement."

References

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985.
  • Wood, Linda. British Films, 1927-1939. British Film Institute, 1986.

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