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Bookmark this pageToo Hot to Handle (1938)
Director: Jack Conway
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From Time Out Film Guide
An action-packed drama, with news cameramen Gable and Pidgeon fighting for footage and the girl, a famous aviatrix, in locations as diverse as China and the Amazon jungle. Taken at face value, the picture seems dated and even objectionable, but there's a lively black comic edge to it that suggests appearances may be deceptive. The first sequence might have come from TV's Drop the Dead Donkey, with Gable unscrupulously shooting at Japanese planes to provoke an air raid on-camera.Author: TCh
Cast & crew
Director: Jack Conway
Producer: Lawrence Weingarten
Cast: Clark Gable, Myrna Loy, Walter Pidgeon, Walter Connolly, Leo Carrillo, Johnny Hines, Virginia Weidler full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 105 mins
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