Product Details

• Actors: Jayne Mansfield, Christopher Lee
• Format: Black & White, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: All Regions
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Alpha Home Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: April 29, 2008
• Run Time: 90 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B00170ICZM
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #124,405 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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TOO HOT TO HANDLE - DVD Movie

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29 of 30 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great performance of Jayne in a Terence Young movie !, June 2, 2006

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Michelle De Ville (Laurentians,Quebec) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Too Hot to Handle (DVD)

For years i was trying to get to see this film.
When I finally found it last year,i was pleasantly surprised.
Jayne offers a serious performance that i found very credible.Even her voice is lower in it's tone,and the numbers when she sings give us an idea of what her Las Vegas shows must have been like(she was the highest paid performer,at 35,000 $ a week !).God knows that Jayne was not offered many serious roles in her film career,but i would say that this one qualifies as a serious one.
The film is directed by Terence Young,and even if the production values are done with a small budget,it is well-paced,with a real story giving us a glimpse of the behind-the-scenes of a stripper in the late 50's.
The serious side of Jayne's performance made me think about her last movie,'Single Room Furnished',which made me sad.
Conclusion:Don't dismiss this film as a 'Bomb' or El-cheapo trashy film,it is not.
Trivia (found of Jayne's site):One of the reason why the film was shot in black and white,had to do with how revealing one of Jayne's costume was(the one you see on the cover)

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Diamonds Dielli: "That's a very nice dress you nearly got on. I like it.", September 14, 2009

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Annie Van Auken (Planet Earth) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Too Hot To Handle (DVD)

ALPHA VIDEO is a provider of vintage programming that's often unavailable elsewhere. Alpha's prices are fair, but so is transfer quality of some of their offerings. None have undergone restoration, yet this product's rareness and reasonable cost make it a worthwhile purchase.


TOO HOT TO HANDLE is the story of a London nightclub owner who fights back when a local mobster leans on him for protection money. Here, Jayne Mansfield skillfully manages a deadly serious role (perhaps her very best work) and proves there was more to her than that "dumb blonde" image. For anyone interested in scenes of burlesque-type stripping, "Too Hot" is certain to please. (This film was originally in Eastmancolor but as of 9/09 was only available in b&w on DVD.)

SYNOPSIS--
Johnny Solo (Genn) won't be intimidated by Diamonds Dielli (Lawrence), nor will he listen to the advice of his exotic dancer girlfriend, headliner Midnight Franklin (Mansfield), who wants Johnny to quit the strip club business entirely in order to protect his own life.

NOTE: Watch for a pawnbroker cameo by Ian Fleming (not the author), who in SILVER BLAZE (1937) portrayed Dr. Watson opposite Arthur Wontner's Sherlock Holmes.


Related ALPHA item:
THE FAT SPY (1966) is a beach party comedy with Jayne, Phyllis Diller, 'Fat Jack' Leonard, Brian Donlevy and pop singer Johnny Tillotson.


Psarenthetical number preceding title is a 1 to 10 imdb viewer poll rating.

(6.7) Too Hot to Handle (UK-1960) - Jayne Mansfield/Leo Gen/Christopher Lee/Patrick Holt/Sheldon Lawrence/Ian Fleming

19 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great British Melodrama!!!, June 7, 2005

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This review is from: Too Hot to Handle (DVD)

This is a great classic 1960 british melodrama starring the beautiful,voluptuous Jayne Mansfield.It's a must see!!!