Torrid Zone (1940)

Mr. Steve Case: [after hearing Rosario has escaped] Don't tell me that Donley dame had her mob down here there and rescued her too?
Police Chief Juan Rodriguez: Oh, she's safe under key and lock.
Mr. Steve Case: She better be, and she's out of town on that boat, or you'll be on the next one, medals and all!
Police Chief Juan Rodriguez: Mr. Case, I must remind you I was elected by the people.
Mr. Steve Case: Yes, and they're finally wise to you. Bet those brass buttons the next time they go to the polls, they'll throw you right out of office.
Police Chief Juan Rodriguez: Mr. Case, I don't believe in a Third Term.

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Mr. Steve Case: [to the engineer of an overdue train] How'd you come? By way of Jersey City?

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Lee Donley: [to Nick] I don't want to put you out. I'll take in washing for my room and board.
Wally Davis: [slightly laciviously] Well, I got a couple of buttons that could stand sewing.
Lee Donley: [sarcastically] Shirts, I suppose.

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George Reeves, Victor Varconi, Joseph Calleia, Alan Hale and George Tobias all tested for the role of Rosario, with the part going to Tobias.
"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.
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.
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