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Hot Pepper (1933)

Hot Pepper poster
Directed by
John G. Blystone
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 16m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Two rival Marines are stationed together and compete for the attention of a fiery nightclub singer. Their antics create tension and laughs as they try to win her over.

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What happens

Hot Pepper (1933) is an American pre-Code comedy film starring Lupe Vélez, Edmund Lowe, and Victor McLaglen, directed by John G. Blystone and released by Fox Film Corporation. The film appeared before the enforcement of the Production Code. This film is considered a fourth installment in the series of films dating back to the silent film What Price Glory? (1926), starring Lowe and McLaglen in their characters of Sergeant Harry Quirt and Captain Jim Flagg with Dolores del Río as the female costar. The pair made a sequel to that film called The Cock-Eyed World (1929), co-starring Lili Damita. Another film, Women of All Nations (1931), followed before 1933's Hot Pepper. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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