Too Hot To Handle
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Terence Young
Jayne Mansfield
Leo Genn
Karl Boehm
Danik Patisson
Christopher Lee
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French journalist Robert Jouvel, who is researching an article on the striptease clubs of London's Soho section, contacts Johnny Solo, owner of the Pink Flamingo, and his singing star girl friend, Midnight Franklin. Spending long hours at the club, Jouvel becomes attracted to Lilliane, a dancer who remains aloof, carefully guarding her past. Solo has been persuaded to team up with his rival, Diamonds Dinelli, in an effort to thwart an unknown blackmailer who has sent them both threatening letters. In reality, Dinelli himself is behind the blackmail plot, and his chief accomplice is Solo's two-timing manager, Novak. After Solo is beaten up by Dinelli's thugs, he discovers the treachery and plots his revenge. Before he can carry out his plan, however, he sends his latest recruit, 15-year-old Pony Tail, on a date with his lecherous backer Arpels, and she is found dead in his flat. Meanwhile, Jouvel, who has gradually gained Lilliane's confidence, discovers that she is a celebrated missing person whose disappearance made headlines in West German newspapers. Solo is held for police questioning in the murder case, and Midnight discovers that he has made plans to kill Novak. Although she knows that he will never forgive her, Midnight protects Solo from himself by betraying him to the police.
Director
Terence Young
Cast
Jayne Mansfield
Leo Genn
Karl Boehm
Danik Patisson
Christopher Lee
Kai Fischer
Patrick Holt
Martin Boddey
Sheldon Lawrence
Barbara Windsor
John Salew
Tom Bowman
Ian Fleming
Penny Morrell
Katherine Keeton
Susan Denny
Judy Bruce
Elizabeth Wilson
Shari Khan
Bill Mcguffie
Michael Balfour
Larry Taylor
June Elvin
Morton Lowry
Martin Sterndale
Harry Lane
Robin Chapman
Monica Marshall
Toni Palmer
Lou Eather
Brian Tucker
Boyd Mckenzie
Ken Martyne
Crew
Lito Carruthers
Selim Cattan
Pamela Davis
John Evans
C. P. Hamilton-marshall
Otto Heller
Charles Knott
Herbert Kretzmer
William Lang
Harry Lee
Ronald Rietti
Phil C. Samuel
Eric Spear
Alan Withy
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Released in Great Britain in December 1960; running time: 100 min. Also known as Playgirl After Dark.
