Torrid Zone

For the region of the Earth, see Torrid zone.

Torrid Zone
Theatrical poster
Directed by	William Keighley
Written by	Richard Macauley Jerry Wald
Produced by	William Cagney (uncredited)
Starring	James Cagney Ann Sheridan Pat O'Brien
Cinematography	James Wong Howe
Edited by	Jack Killifer
Music by	Adolph Deutsch
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	May 25, 1940 (1940-05-25)
Running time	88 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Torrid Zone is a 1940 adventure film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien. The supporting cast features Andy Devine and George Reeves.

Plot

Steve Case has to deal with trouble at his tropical fruit company's Central American banana plantation. A revolutionary, Rosario La Mata, is stirring up unrest among the workers, and the only man who can handle the situation, foreman Nick Butler, has just quit. Steve manages to persuade Nick to stick around (for a big bonus). Adding to the complications is Lee Donley, a woman whom Steve has ordered out of the region for causing a different kind of trouble among the men.

Cast

• James Cagney as Nick Butler
• Ann Sheridan as Lee Donley
• Pat O'Brien as Steve Case
• Andy Devine as Wally Davis
• Helen Vinson as Mrs. Gloria Anderson
• Jerome Cowan as Bob Anderson
• George Tobias as Rosario La Mata
• George Reeves as Sancho
• Victor Kilian as Carlos
• Frank Puglia as Police Chief Juan Rodriguez
• Frank Yaconelli as Lopez
• Dick Botiller as Hernandez

External links

• Torrid Zone at the TCM Movie Database
• Torrid Zone at IMDb
• Screenland magazine's May 1940 issue has a short story based on the film.