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 References External links Screenland magazine's May 1940 issue has a short story based on the film. 1940 films 1940 adventure films American adventure films American black-and-white films 1940s English-language films Films directed by William Keighley Films scored by Adolph Deutsch Films set in Central America Warner Bros. films 1940s American films