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MPAA Rating: NR Content Advisory: Suitable for Children Movie Release: 1940 DVD Release: 04/24/2007 Format: DVD - Black and White Edition: Dual Layered Audio Tracks: English Subtitles: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 28 mins Studio: Warner Home Video Members Wishing: 1 Genres: Comedy, Adventure Comedy, Romantic Adventure See Also: Torrid Zone

Torrid Zone star James Cagney once described the film as "The Front Page among the bananas." Indeed, the screenplay diligently follows the Front Page plot device of a tough boss (Pat O'Brien) pulling every underhanded trick in the book to keep his top man (Cagney) from quitting. This time the setting is a Central American plantation owned by O'Brien, which supervisor Cagney would dearly love to leave behind. Complicating the plot is a nightclub singer (Anne Sheridan) over whom O'Brien and Tracy do battle; a bored married woman (Helen Vinson) with eyes for Cagney; and a gang of Latino bandits, led by George Tobias (providing comic relief). What Torrid Zone lacked in originality it made up for in sheer energy. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

James Cagney - Nick Butler
Ann Sheridan - Lee Donley
Pat O'Brien - Steve Case
Andy Devine - Wally Davis
Helen Vinson - Gloria Anderson