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This is a dated, though in parts clever British musical comedy of the 1930s. I think Albert Burdon (who plays the dupe) is a model that Norman Wisdom used for some of his comedy demure and pratfalls. The action is centered around power intrigues in a bananna republic and the songs mostly have a latin beat. Harmless fun that gets better as the movie progresses.

This very silly musical comedy contains the immortal line "She is worth her weight in vegetables" . Set in a banana republic, the plot involves amonst other things, a card cheating president, an attempted coup, a conceited opera singer and vegetables. It has some good songs , a few corny lines but mostly it is pretty funny. A great movie to watch at 2 in the morning, and check out the generals' earring.

This film has never been shown on TV in the UK and it has to be said that there is obviously a good reason for this in that it really is very poor.The story is even sillier than most.Albert Burden plays a greengrocer who is mistaken for a gunrunner by revolutionaries in a South American republic.So when they ask him for onions this is a code word for ammunition.For some reason he is teemed up with the large and ebullient Vera Pearce who is an opera singer.Les Allen,the well known dance band vocalist is also featured and sings a few pleasant songs.The climax is a mock opera.The Crazy Gang could have made this seem funny but this film singularly fails to do so.