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Tropical Heat (1991)

Tropical Heat poster
Genre
action television series
Country
Canada
Length
3 seasons, 66 episodes
Rated
TV-14
Rating
6.5 of 10 from 28 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A private detective gets tangled in various cases and adventures in a tropical setting. The show follows his investigations and encounters with shady characters across different exotic locations.

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What happens

Tropical Heat (known as Sweating Bullets in the United States) is a Canadian action series produced in co-operation with Mexico and Israel, that aired between April 8, 1991, and October 18, 1993. The series ran for three seasons totaling 66 episodes. Season one was filmed in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, due to tax breaks the production was eligible for under the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Season two was filmed in Eilat, Israel. Season three was filmed in Pretoria, South Africa, with some sequences shot in Mauritius. In the United States, it aired as part of the CBS umbrella series Crimetime After Primetime. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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