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Director:
William Keighley
Writers:
Richard Macaulay (screenplay) and
Jerry Wald (screenplay)
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Release Date:
25 May 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Adventure | Comedy more
Plot:
Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve Case rehires former nemesis Nick Butler to restore order and profits. full summary | add synopsis
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Cast

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James Cagney ... Nick 'Nicky' Butler

Ann Sheridan ... Lee Donley
Pat O'Brien ... Mr. Steve Case
Andy Devine ... Wally Davis
Helen Vinson ... Mrs. Gloria Anderson
Jerome Cowan ... Bob 'Bill' Anderson
George Tobias ... Rosario 'Rosie' La Mata

George Reeves ... Sancho, Rosario's Henchman
Victor Kilian ... Carlos (Rosario's henchman)
Frank Puglia ... Police Chief Juan Rodriguez
John Ridgely ... Gardner
Grady Sutton ... Sam, Steve's Secretary
Paul Porcasi ... Garcia, Hotel Bar Proprietor
Frank Yaconelli ... Lopez, Plantation Driver (as Frank Yaconnelli)
Dick Botiller ... Hernandez, Plantation Worker (as Dick Boteler)
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Additional Details

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Runtime:
88 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:Approved (PCA #6091)
Company:
Warner Bros. Pictures more

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Trivia:
When Frank Puglia says, "I don't believe in a third term," he was referring to the then speculative run of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as U. S. President in 1940. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the gunfight scene between Butler's group and Rosario's group, Rosario shoots Butler and Butler appears to be grabbing his right arm as he goes down. In the next shot, he is now tending to his wound on his left arm. Later in the scene, after they catch Rosario, Rosario bumps Butler's hat as he walks by. more
Quotes:
Lee Donley: [cutting off Nick's shirt so she can dress his wound] Oh, did I hurt you?
Nick Butler: [sarcastically] Oh, no. How could you hurt me by sticking a scissors in my arm?
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Breakdowns of 1941 (1941) more
Soundtrack:
I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles more

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The Front Page goes South of the Border, 17 June 2007
7/10
Author: TrevorAclea from London, England

Torrid Zone pretty much is The Front Page with a smattering of Red Dust for added flavor, with Pat O'Brien (who played Walter Burns in the original Broadway production and Hildy Johnson in the 1931 film of the newspaper classic) the unscrupulous banana exporter trying to trick Jimmy Cagney's plantation manager back into his old job in a corrupt South American hellhole, with Ann Sheridan's singer-cum-card-sharp providing the romantic sparks and George Tobias' lovable revolutionary making things difficult at the workplace. Familiarity rather than originality is on the menu, but it's served up with panache and pace and the best production values Warner Bros. can offer. Helen Vinson doesn't exactly offer much competition for Sheridan, Andy Devine and Frank Puglia provide the comic relief, Jerome Cowan, Bogart's ill-fated partner in The Maltese Falcon, is still having wife troubles as Cagney's intended replacement and TV's original ill-fated Superman, George Reeves, turns up as a treacherous plantation worker.

The biggest surprise is the year of production – despite having a classic mid-Thirties look, it was actually made in 1940, although that's probably more of a plus than a minus.

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