Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Maurice Elvey Director
- Lester Allen as Tom Brown
- Anna Lee as Jane Allison
- Albert Burdon as Albert Speed
- Cyril Maude as President 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
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