Torrid Zone
{{short description|1940 film by William Keighley}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Torrid Zone
| image = Poster - Torrid Zone 01.jpg
| caption = Theatrical poster
| director = William Keighley
| producer = William Cagney (uncredited)
| writer = Richard Macauley
Jerry Wald
| narrator =
| starring = James Cagney
Ann Sheridan
Pat O'Brien
| music = Adolph Deutsch
| cinematography = James Wong Howe
| editing = Jack Killifer
| distributor = Warner Bros.
| released = {{Film date|1940|05|25}}
| runtime = 88 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Torrid Zone is a 1940 adventure film directed by William Keighley and starring James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, and Pat O'Brien.Variety film review; May 8, 1940, page 12.Harrison's Reports film review; May 18, 1940, page 78. 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
References
External links
- {{TCMDb title|3420}}
- {{IMDb title|0033175}}
- [https://archive.org/stream/screenland41unse/screenland41unse#page/n27/mode/2up Screenland magazine's May 1940 issue has a short story based on the film.]
{{William Keighley}}
Category:American adventure films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films directed by William Keighley
Category:Films scored by Adolph Deutsch
Category:Films set in Central America
Category:English-language adventure films
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