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Hot Paprika

1935

0h 17m

7.0(1 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A bank clerk, who mistakenly believes he has three months to live, quits his job, runs off to the island of Paprika, gets involved with a flirty cantina dancer, and becomes entangled in a revolution.

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Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Andy Clyde

Andy Clyde

Andy

Helen Martinez

Pepita

Bud Jamison

Bud Jamison

Dr. Van Buren

Al Haskell

Revolutionary with full hair

Julian Rivero

Revolutionary with thin hair

Harry Semels

The Commandante

Phyllis Crane

Phyllis Crane

The Bank Filing Clerk

A.R. Haysel

The Bank Manager

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Dr. Van Buren's Nurse

June Gittelson

June Gittelson

Fat Woman at Cantina

Creative team

Directed by: Jack White
Written by: Harry McCoy
Produced by: Jules White

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