Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone

1940 | 1h 28m | Drama, Action | TV-PG

Brief Synopsis

Plantation owner Steve Case uses devious ploys to keep manager Nick Butler on the job. Until singer Lee Donley arrives and both men fall for her. Despite her being a cheating card shark, jealous locals and bandit raids -- Case and Donley fall in love.

Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

William Keighley

CAST

James Cagney

Ann Sheridan

Pat O'Brien

Andy Devine

Helen Vinson

PRODUCERS

Information not available.

WRITERS

Richard Macauley

Jerry Wald

Related Videos

Torrid Zone (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Man Overboard!
Clip
Show-girl and con-artist Lee (Ann Sheridan) being shipped home by fruit company boss Case (Pat O'Brien), leading to the first appearance by his employee-pal Nick Butler (James Cagney), in Warner Bros.' Torrid Zone, 1940.
Torrid Zone (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Firecrackers On Dogs' Tails
Clip
Ann Sheridan (as "Lee Donley"), in her first appearance in her breakthrough role, wows the Latin American night club crowd, but runs afoul of yank company boss Case (Pat O'Brien), early in Warner Bros. Torrid Zone, 1940.
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Torrid Zone - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
A Central American plantation manager and his boss battle over a traveling showgirl in Torrid Zone starring James Cagney.

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