Heat Wave (1935 film)

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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
  • May 1935 (1935-05)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
Language English

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

Contents

It was titled The Code originally. [1]

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. [2] 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." [3]

References

  1. "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.
  2. Wood p.82
  3. "Heat Wave". Variety. 22 May 1935. p. 17.

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