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Too Hot to Handle (1938)

APPROVED 107 min  -  Comedy | Adventure | Romance  -   16 September 1938 (USA)
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Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find the an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazonian Rain Forest.

Director:

Jack Conway

Writers:

Len Hammond (story), Laurence Stallings (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
Clark Gable ...
Christopher 'Chris' Hunter
Myrna Loy ...
Alma Harding
Walter Pidgeon ...
William O. 'Bill' Dennis
Walter Connolly Walter Connolly ...
Arthur 'Gabby' MacArthur, Union Newsreel chief
Leo Carrillo Leo Carrillo ...
Joselito 'José' Estanza, Hunter's soundman
Johnny Hines Johnny Hines ...
Mr. Parsons, Dennis' associate
Virginia Weidler Virginia Weidler ...
Hulda Harding, Alma's niece
Betty Ross Clarke Betty Ross Clarke ...
Mrs. Ruth Harding
Henry Kolker Henry Kolker ...
'Pearly' Todd, Atlas Newsreel chief
Marjorie Main Marjorie Main ...
Miss Kitty Wayne
Gregory Gaye Gregory Gaye ...
Popoff
Al Shean Al Shean ...
'Gumpy' Gumpert
Willie Fung Willie Fung ...
Willie
Lillie Mui Lillie Mui ...
Tootsie
Patsy O'Connor Patsy O'Connor ...
'Fake' Hulda
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Storyline

Chris Hunter is a sly newsreel reporter. While in Shanghai doing reports on the Chinese-Japanese war, he meets pilot Alma Harding. At first she doesn't trust him, but by a trick he manages to get her hired as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America he manages to change her view of him. Written by Tom Zoerner <Tom.Zoerner@informatik.uni-erlangen.de>  

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Plot Keywords:

Aviatrix | Rain Forest | Jungle | Telegram | Love  | See more »

Taglines:

Love Scoops the world's hottest news . . . !

Genres:

Comedy | Adventure | Romance | Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

Abenteuer in China See more »

Company Credits

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Did You Know?

Trivia

Clark Gable spent two days working with a newsreel crew to get a feeling for his part. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: When Chris is screening the raw footage of the plane crash, it is already completely edited with multiple camera angles and shot with various lenses, even though only one camera was supposedly used to film it, and the footage is supposed to be raw. See more »

Quotes

Arthur 'Gabby' MacArthur, Union Newsreel chief: Hunter wouldn't leave his camera if his grandmother was on fire.
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Crazy Credits

We wish to thank Her Majesty's Governor of Netherlands Guiana for
permitting our expedition to enter the jungles of the Tottiekampu country.
Our thanks also to Chief Moi of the Matawais tribe for allowing us to
record for the first time the sights and sounds of the Djuka Fire Dance
Ritual. See more »

Connections

Featured in Robert Capa: The Man Who Believed His Own Legend (2004) See more »

Soundtracks

"Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves)"
(1887)
Written by Juventino Rosas
Background music on the test film shown to natives See more »