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16 April 1960 (West Germany)
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The sizzler you read about in Playboy magazine! It strips the secrets from the intimate key clubs.
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In London's Soho, Johnny Solo runs the Pink Flamingo Club. He's tough to intimidate. So when he starts getting threats and demands for protection...
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much too much too much...to hot to handle!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Jayne Mansfield | ... | Midnight Franklin | |
| Leo Genn | ... | Johnny Solo | |
| Karlheinz Böhm | ... | Robert Jouvel | |
| Christopher Lee | ... | Novak | |
| Danik Patisson | ... | Lilliane Decker | |
| Patrick Holt | ... | Inspector West | |
| Kai Fischer | ... | Cynthia | |
| Barbara Windsor | ... | Ponytail | |
| Penny Morrell | ... | Terry | |
| Katherine Keeton | ... | Melody | |
| Susan Denny | ... | Marjorie | |
| Judy Bruce | ... | Maureen | |
| Elizabeth Wilson | ... | Jacki | |
| Shari Kahn | ... | Jungle | |
| Sheldon Lawrence | ... | Diamonds Dielli |
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Playgirl After Dark (USA)
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90 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Diamonds Dielli:
That's a very nice dress you nearly got on. I like it.
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Featured in Twisted Sex Vol. 15 (1996) (V)
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Too Hot To Handle
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After the Hollywood successes of 'The Girl Can't Help It' and 'Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter', 20th Century Fox were at a loss as to what to do with the outlandish personality of Jayne Mansfield. So, as a way of making some quick cash out of their star without having to put her in a picture, they often loaned her out for cheapo European productions such as this B-movie pot-boiler filmed in England.
However, the finished results are surprisingly good. Jayne Mansfield puts in an incredibly accomplished turn as jaded stripper Midnight Franklin. Jayne acts so well in this movie - she really gives a great impression of someone who can turn on the sexy, sleazy charm of a showgirl on stage whilst being disillusioned and fearful behind the scenes. Her pep-talk to a young Barbara Windsor is quite rightly often highlighted as the high-point of Jayne's dramatic career.
The story is at times a little muddled but is well acted by a solid supporting cast including Christopher Lee, Leo Genn and Karl Bohm and is presented in a seedy, gritty manner befitting the film's seedy setting of London strip joints. The only complaint I could make about the movie and its setting is that in basing the film around strip joints the limitations of what could be shown due to censorship laws (this was 1960 after all) are painfully obvious as all we are left with are several musical numbers of supposed strippers writing around more or less fully clothed. Although, it is not absolutely necessary to make this movie a sordid nude-fest I think it is obvious how strict censorship was in those days given what little nudity we actually get to see. And why feature so many 'strip' numbers anyway...?
All in all this is a pretty good movie and worth a look to see Jayne Mansfield flexing her acting muscles. The version I managed to track down on video is unfortunately in black and white and with a rather poor sound mix but catch it if you can!