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Torrid Zone (1940)
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 ...
Torrid Zone (1940)
Directed by William Keighley. With James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Pat O'Brien. Plagued by revolutionaries that harass his plantation in a banana republic, fruit company exec Steve ...
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noun . the part of the earth's surface between the tropics of Cancer and Capricorn.

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Torrid Zone, geographic term for the portion of the earth's surface between 23°27′ north of the equator and 23°27′ south of the equator.

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extent and characteristics of the Torrid Zone, see Tropics

boundaries of the Torrid Zone, see Tropic of Cancer; Tropic of Capricorn

origin of zonal divisions, see Zone

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