Too Hot to Handle

Sep 16, 1938

1h 47m

★ 5.8

Love in action on land, sea and air!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Adventure

Romance

Production Companies

Loew's Incorporated

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Too Hot to Handle Trailers

Cast

Chris Hunter

Clark Gable

Alma Harding

Myrna Loy

Bill Dennis

Walter Pidgeon

Gabby MacArthur

Walter Connolly

Joselito

Leo Carrillo

Parsons

Johnny Hines

Hulda

Virginia Weidler

Mrs. Harding

Betty Ross Clarke

Pearly Todd

Henry Kolker

Miss Wayne

Marjorie Main

Popoff

Gregory Gaye

Gumpert

Al Shean

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