Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

107 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance | Sept. 16, 1938

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.

Too Hot to Handle

107 mins | Comedy, Adventure, Romance | Sept. 16, 1938

Too Hot to Handle
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.
IMDb rating 6.6
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Loew's
Original title Too Hot to Handle
Directors Jack Conway
Writers Len Hammond, Laurence Stallings, John Lee Mahin

Cast

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