The plot revolves around Johnny Solo (Leo Genn), the owner of the Pink Flamingo club in London's Soho area, and his battles with rival club owner Diamonds Dielli (Sheldon Lawrence) and the police. When the tough entrepreneur starts getting threats and demands for protection, he fights back. Johnny's girlfriend Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), one of the club's headliners, wants to get him out of the business. In the background are a sadistic client, an underage chorus girl, a wisecracking siren who's not averse to rough trade, a visiting journalist, and a dancer who guards her past. The 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. Johnny becomes an unknowing instrument in the death of the chorus girl. Midnight informs on him to save his life from the violent blackmailers after him. Both rival clubs head for a crash.

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Too Hot to Handle (1960)

Drama/Crime · 1h 30m · 1/12/1961

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The sizzler you read about in Playboy magazine! It strips the secrets from the intimate key clubs.

Description

The plot revolves around Johnny Solo (Leo Genn), the owner of the Pink Flamingo club in London's Soho area, and his battles with rival club owner Diamonds Dielli (Sheldon Lawrence) and the police. When the tough entrepreneur starts getting threats and demands for protection, he fights back. Johnny's girlfriend Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), one of the club's headliners, wants to get him out of the business. In the background are a sadistic client, an underage chorus girl, a wisecracking siren who's not averse to rough trade, a visiting journalist, and a dancer who guards her past. The 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. Johnny becomes an unknowing instrument in the death of the chorus girl. Midnight informs on him to save his life from the violent blackmailers after him. Both rival clubs head for a crash.

Status

Released

Language

English

Country

United Kingdom

Production Companies

Wigmore Productions, Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC)
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Cast
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Jayne Mansfield

Midnight Franklin
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Leo Genn

Johnny Solo
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Karlheinz Böhm

Robert Jouvel (as Carl Boehm)
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Christopher Lee

Novak
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Danik Patisson

Lilliane Decker
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Patrick Holt

Inspector West
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Kai Fischer

Cynthia
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Barbara Windsor

Ponytail
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Penny Morrell

Terry
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Katherine Keeton

Melody
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Susan Denny

Marjorie
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Judith Bruce

Maureen (as Judy Bruce)
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Elizabeth Wilson

Jacki
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Shari Kahn

Jungle
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Sheldon Lawrence

Diamonds Dielli
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Martin Boddey

Mr. Arpels
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John Salew

Moeller
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Tom Bowman

Flash Gordon
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Ian Fleming

Pawnbroker
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Bill McGuffie

Piano player
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Michael Balfour

Tourist guide
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Larry Taylor

Mouth
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June Elvin

Hostess
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Morton Lowry

Dinelli's driver
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Robin Chapman

Priest
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Martin Sterndale

Editor
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Harry Lane

Muscles
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Barbara Smith

Undefined
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Pauline Chamberlain

Stripper at Audition (uncredited)
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Lou Eather

Dancer (uncredited)
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Victor Harrington

Man Waking Past Pink Flamingo Club (uncredited)
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Boyd MacKenzie

Dancer (uncredited)
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Monica Marshall

Dancer (uncredited)
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Ken Martyne

Dancer (uncredited)
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Toni Palmer

Dancer (uncredited)
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Brian Tucker

Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
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Terence Young

Director
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Herbert Kretzmer

Writer
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Harry Lee

Writer
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C.P. Hamilton Marshall

Producer
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Selim Cattan

Producer
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Phil C. Samuel

Producer
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Eric Spear

Music
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Otto Heller

Cinematograpy
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Lito Carruthers

Editor
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Alan Withy

Art
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Disc Releases
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Too Hot To Handle

(DVD)

4/29/2008

Disc Title Front Cover

Too Hot to Handle

(DVD)

8/10/2004

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