Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Love in action on land, sea and air!

  • Genre: Comedy, Adventure, Romance
  • Release Date: 1938-09-16
  • User Rating: 5.7/10 from 18 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 47min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Loew's Incorporated
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Jack Conway
star 5.7/10
From 18 Ratings

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Summary

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

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  • Clark Gable

    as Chris Hunter

  • Myrna Loy

    as Alma Harding

  • Walter Pidgeon

    as Bill Dennis

  • Walter Connolly

    as Gabby MacArthur

  • Leo Carrillo

    as Joselito

  • Johnny Hines

    as Parsons

  • Virginia Weidler

    as Hulda

  • Betty Ross Clarke

    as Mrs. Harding

  • Henry Kolker

    as Pearly Todd

  • Marjorie Main

    as Miss Wayne

  • Gregory Gaye

    as Popoff

  • Al Shean

    as Gumpert

  • Willie Fung

    as Willie

  • Lillie Mui

    as Tootsie

  • Patsy O'Connor

    as Fake Hulda

  • Ernie Alexander

    as Projectionist (uncredited)

  • Eddie Arden

    as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

  • King Baggot

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Max Barwyn

    as Waiter (uncredited)

  • Barbara Bedford

    as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Margaret Bert

    as Office Worker (uncredited)

  • William Broadus

    as Medicine Man (uncredited)

  • Francis X. Bushman Jr.

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Bill Carey

    as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

  • Thomas Carr

    as Man (uncredited)

  • Steve Carruthers

    as Coast Guard Radio Operator (uncredited)

  • Luke Chan

    as Wong (uncredited)

  • Lane Chandler

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Naomi Childers

    as Office Worker (uncredited)

  • Ray Cooke

    as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

  • Nick Copeland

    as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

  • DeForest Covan

    as South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)

  • Nell Craig

    as Todd's Secretary (uncredited)

  • Joseph Crehan

    as First Advertising Man (uncredited)

  • Hal K. Dawson

    as Film Cutter (uncredited)

  • Drew Demorest

    as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

  • John Dilson

    as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

  • Mimi Doyle

    as Sob Sister (uncredited)

  • Charles Dunbar

    as Expressman (uncredited)

  • Eddie Dunn

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • William R. Dunn

    as Native Chief (uncredited)

  • Frank Faylen

    as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

  • James Flavin

    as Young Reporter (uncredited)

  • Harry Fleischmann

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Jessie Fung

    as Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

  • Chester Gan

    as Chinese Sergeant (uncredited)

  • Natalie Garson

    as Stewardess (uncredited)

  • John Hamilton

    as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

  • Mahlon Hamilton

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Selmer Jackson

    as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

  • Robert Emmett Keane

    as Foreign Editor (uncredited)

  • David Kerman

    as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Paul King

    as Bellhop (uncredited)

  • Paul Kruger

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Eddie Lee

    as Chinese Officer (uncredited)

  • Richard Loo

    as Charlie (uncredited)

  • George Lynn

    as Harry Harding (uncredited)

  • Wilbur Mar

    as Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

  • Chris-Pin Martin

    as Pedro (uncredited)

  • Philo McCullough

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

    as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

  • Buddy Messinger

    as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

  • Walter Miller

    as First Flyer (uncredited)

  • Roger Moore

    as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Alberto Morin

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Ken Nolan

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Ted Oliver

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Eddie Parker

    as Coast Guard Attendant (uncredited)

  • Franklin Parker

    as Attendant (uncredited)

  • Edward Peil Sr.

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Lee Phelps

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Aileen Pringle

    as Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)

  • Jack Richardson

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Cyril Ring

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Don Roberts

    as Reporter (uncredited)

  • Morgan Roberts

    as Medicine Man (uncredited)

  • William Royle

    as Second Flyer (uncredited)

  • Charles Sherlock

    as Cameraman (uncredited)

  • Buster Slaven

    as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

  • Edwin Stanley

    as Second Advertising Man (uncredited)

  • Charles Sullivan

    as Gunman (uncredited)

  • Stanley Taylor

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Phillip Terry

    as San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)

  • Frank Tomick

    as minor role (uncredited)

  • Harry Tyler

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Monte Vandergrift

    as Policeman (uncredited)

  • Ray Walker

    as Wally, Sound Mixer (uncredited)

  • Blue Washington

    as Native (uncredited)

  • George Webb

    as Mr. Rodney, Lawyer (uncredited)

  • Robert Whitney

    as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

  • Josephine Whittell

    as "Fake" Mrs. Harding (uncredited)

  • Martin Wilkins

    as Native Guide (uncredited)

  • Ernest Wilson

    as Medicine Man (uncredited)
Directing Jack Conway Director
Writing Laurence Stallings Screenplay
Writing John Lee Mahin Screenplay
Art Cedric Gibbons Production Design
Sound Franz Waxman Original Music Composer
Writing Len Hammond Screenstory
Costume & Make-Up Dolly Tree Wardrobe Supervisor
Art Daniel B. Cathcart Assistant Production Design
Art Edwin B. Willis Assistant Production Design
Production Lawrence Weingarten Producer
Editing Frank Sullivan Editor
Sound Douglas Shearer Recording Supervision
Crew A. Arnold Gillespie Special Effects
Camera Harold Rosson Director of Photography
Directing Richard Rosson Second Unit Director
Directing Joseph M. Newman Assistant Director
Directing Harrold Weinberger Assistant Director
Camera Clyde De Vinna Second Unit Director of Photography
Camera Ray June Additional Director of Photography
Sound George Bassman Orchestrator
Sound Murray Cutter Orchestrator
Crew Buster Keaton Creative Consultant

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