
Torrid Zone
1940 · Movie · NR · 88 min · ★ 7.0
Academy Award winner James Cagney stars as the manager of a Caribbean banana plantation who would do anything to get away from the tropics and his underhanded boss--until he meets a woman hot enough to keep him in the Torrid Zone.Torrid Zone: the region of the earth between the tropic of Cancer and the tropic of Capricorn. Plantation owner Steve Case (Pat O'Brien) ruthlessly uses every lie, plo...
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Details
- Years
- 1940
- Release date
- 1940-05-18
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 88 min
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 (12 votes)
Themes
- infidelity
- nightclub
- plantation
- central america
- revolutionary
- banana
Cast & crew

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
Directed by William Keighley