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Torrid Zone (1940) was a Action - Adventure Film directed by William Keighley and produced by Hal B. Wallis, William Cagney and Mark Hellinger.

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Wally Davis: A house doesn't have to fall on me.
Nick Butler: It might help.


Police Chief Juan Rodriguez: Rosario, you no longer have to worry about eating. We are going to shoot you.
Rosario 'Rosie' La Mata: Sooner or later everybody dies. It's too bad I am sooner.


[last lines]
Nick Butler: [to Lee] You and your 14 karat oomph!


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When Frank Puglia says, "I don't believe in a third term," he was referring to the then speculative run of Franklin D. Roosevelt for an unprecedented third term as U. S. President in 1940.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on January 25, 1942 with George Tobias again reprising his film role.
"The Screen Guild Theater" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on December 8, 1940 with James Cagney and George Tobias reprising their film roles.
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