The read
It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.4/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Maurice ElveyDirector
- Leslie ArlissWriter
- Jerome JacksonWriter
- Austin MelfordScreenplay
Cast
- Lester AllenTom Brown
- Anna LeeJane Allison
- Albert BurdonAlbert Speed
- Cyril MaudePresident Allison
- Vera PearceGloria Spania
- Bernard NedellGen. Da Costa
- C. Denier WarrenCol. D'Alvarez
- Bruce WinstonLerone
- Edmund WillardHoffman
- Finlay CurrieCaptain
- Grace PoggiDancer
- Ernest SeftonMan in Post Office
Themes
musical