Too Hot to Handle (1938)

Love in action on land, sea and air!

While in Shanghai reporting on the Sino-Japanese war, Chris Hunter, a shrewd news reporter, meets pilot Alma Harding. She does not trust him, but he manages to hire her as his assistant. During an adventurous expedition through the jungles of South America, her opinion of him begins to change.

Cast (93)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Clark Gable

Chris Hunter

Myrna Loy

Alma Harding

Walter Pidgeon

Bill Dennis

Walter Connolly

Gabby MacArthur

Leo Carrillo

Joselito

Johnny Hines

Parsons

Virginia Weidler

Hulda

Betty Ross Clarke

Mrs. Harding

Henry Kolker

Pearly Todd

Marjorie Main

Miss Wayne

Gregory Gaye

Popoff

Al Shean

Gumpert

Willie Fung

Willie

L

Lillie Mui

Tootsie

Patsy O'Connor

Fake Hulda

E

Ernie Alexander

Projectionist (uncredited)

E

Eddie Arden

Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

King Baggot

Reporter (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

Waiter (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

M

Margaret Bert

Office Worker (uncredited)

William Broadus

Medicine Man (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

Newsreel Man (uncredited)

B

Bill Carey

Elevator Boy (uncredited)

T

Thomas Carr

Man (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

Coast Guard Radio Operator (uncredited)

L

Luke Chan

Wong (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Cameraman (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

Office Worker (uncredited)

R

Ray Cooke

Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

N

Nick Copeland

Still Cameraman (uncredited)

DeForest Covan

South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)

Nell Craig

Todd's Secretary (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

First Advertising Man (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

Film Cutter (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

Still Cameraman (uncredited)

John Dilson

Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

M

Mimi Doyle

Sob Sister (uncredited)

C

Charles Dunbar

Expressman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

Newsreel Man (uncredited)

William R. Dunn

Native Chief (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

James Flavin

Young Reporter (uncredited)

H

Harry Fleischmann

Newsreel Man (uncredited)

J

Jessie Fung

Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Chester Gan

Chinese Sergeant (uncredited)

Natalie Garson

Stewardess (uncredited)

John Hamilton

Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

Reporter (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

Foreign Editor (uncredited)

D

David Kerman

Still Cameraman (uncredited)

P

Paul King

Bellhop (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

Policeman (uncredited)

E

Eddie Lee

Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Richard Loo

Charlie (uncredited)

George Lynn

Harry Harding (uncredited)

W

Wilbur Mar

Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin

Pedro (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

Cameraman (uncredited)

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