Too Hot to Handle

Too Hot to Handle

1938 | 1h 47m | Comedy, Romance | TV-PG

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Brief Synopsis

Rival photographers Chris and Bill meet flyer Alma, fall head-over-heels in love with her, then agree to follow her to the jungles of South America.

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Cast and Crew

DIRECTOR

Jack Conway

CAST

Clark Gable

Myrna Loy

Walter Pidgeon

Walter Connolly

Leo Carrillo

PRODUCERS

Lawrence Weingarten

WRITERS

Laurence Stallings

John Lee Mahin

Related Videos

03:14
Too Hot To Handle (1938) -- (Movie Clip) That Time In Ethiopia
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Covering the war with Japan in China ca. 1937, rival American newsreel photographers Hunter (Clark Gable, with Leo Carillo as his sidekick) and Dennis (Walter Pidgeon) battle for shots, early in MGM's Too Hot To Handle, 1938, also starring Myrna Loy.
04:17
Too Hot To Handle (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Pretend You Fired Me
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New York newsreel cameraman Hunter (Clark Gable) has traveled all the way from Shanghai with flier Alma (Myrna Loy) in order to trick her into coming to work for his company, his boss (Walter Connolly) conspiring, in MGM's Too Hot To Handle, 1938.
03:34
Too Hot To Handle (1938) -- (Movie Clip) Crumpled The Old Wing
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American newsreel shooter Dennis (Walter Pidgeon) has staged a dramatic "mercy flight" bringing cholera serum to Shanghai, his old friend Alma (Myrna Loy, her first scene) the pilot, aiming to outwit rival Hunter (Clark Gable), but failing, in MGM's Too Hot To Handle, 1938.
Too Hot To Handle - (Original Trailer)
Trailer
Rival newsreel photographers vie for scoops and a beautiful lady flier in Too Hot To Handle (1938) starring Clark Gable and Myrna Loy.

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