Too Hot to Handle (1959)
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With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the strip scene while writing a story on the clubs, and in the end he has quite a lot to write about. The competition between the two clubs heats up, and after one of the owners is the unknowing instrument in the death of a young (illegally young) stripper, both rival clubs head for a crash. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Starring:
- Jayne Mansfield, Leo Genn, (more)
- Director(s):
- Terence Young
- Format(s):
- DVD
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Synopsis of Too Hot to Handle
With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the strip scene while writing a story on the clubs, and in the end he has quite a lot to write about. The competition between the two clubs heats up, and after one of the owners is the unknowing instrument in the death of a young (illegally young) stripper, both rival clubs head for a crash. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 93 mins
Complete Cast of Too Hot to Handle
- Jayne Mansfield - Midnight Franklin
- Carl Boehm - Robert Jouvel
- Christopher Lee - Novak
- Patrick Holt - Inspector West
- Sheldon Lawrence - Diamonds Dinelli
- John Salew - Moeller
- Ian Fleming - Pawnbroker
- Katherine Keeton - Melody
- Elizabeth Wilson - Jacky
- Michael Balfour - Tour Guide
- June Elvin - Hostess
- Harry Lane - Muscles
- Martin Sterndale - Editor
- Leo Genn - Johnny Solo
- Danik Patisson - Lilliane Decker
- Kai Fischer - Cynthia
- Martin Boddey - Mr. Arpels
- Barbara Windsor - Pony Tail
- Tom Bowman - Flash Gordon
- Penny Morrell - Terry
- Susan Denny - Marjorie
- Bill McGuffie - Piano Player
- Larry Taylor - Mouth
- Morton Lowry - Dinelli's Driver
- Toni Palmer
- Brian Tucker
- Director(s):
- Terence Young
- Writer(s):
- Herbert Kretzmer
- Producer(s):
- Phil C. Samuel
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