Too Hot to Handle (1938)
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- Passed
- 1h 47min
- Adventure, Comedy
- 16 Sep 1938 (USA)
- Movie
Two rival newsreel photographers join forces to find an aviatrix's missing brother, who has disappeared in the Amazon rainforest.
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Cast verified as complete
Clark Gable | ... |
Chris Hunter
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Myrna Loy | ... |
Alma Harding
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Walter Pidgeon | ... |
Bill Dennis
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Walter Connolly | ... |
'Gabby' MacArthur
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Leo Carrillo | ... |
Joselito
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Johnny Hines | ... |
Parsons
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Virginia Weidler | ... |
Hulda
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Betty Ross Clarke | ... |
Mrs. Harding
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Henry Kolker | ... |
'Pearly' Todd
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Marjorie Main | ... |
Miss Wayne
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Gregory Gaye | ... |
'Popoff'
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Al Shean | ... |
Gumpert
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Willie Fung | ... |
Willie
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Lillie Mui | ... |
'Tootsie'
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Patsy O'Connor | ... |
'Fake' Hulda
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Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
Ernie Alexander | ... |
Projectionist (uncredited)
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Eddie Arden | ... |
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
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King Baggot | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Max Barwyn | ... |
Waiter (uncredited)
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Barbara Bedford | ... |
MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)
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Margaret Bert | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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William Broadus | ... |
Medicine Man (uncredited)
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Francis X. Bushman Jr. | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Bill Carey | ... |
Elevator Boy (uncredited)
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Thomas Carr | ... |
Man (uncredited)
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Steve Carruthers | ... |
Coast Guard Radio Operator (uncredited)
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Luke Chan | ... |
Wong (uncredited)
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Lane Chandler | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Naomi Childers | ... |
Office Worker (uncredited)
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Ray Cooke | ... |
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
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Nick Copeland | ... |
Still Cameraman (uncredited)
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DeForest Covan | ... |
South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)
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Nell Craig | ... |
Todd's Secretary (uncredited)
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Joseph Crehan | ... |
First Advertising Man (uncredited)
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Hal K. Dawson | ... |
Film Cutter (uncredited)
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Drew Demorest | ... |
Still Cameraman (uncredited)
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John Dilson | ... |
Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)
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Mimi Doyle | ... |
Sob Sister (uncredited)
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Charles Dunbar | ... |
Expressman (uncredited)
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Eddie Dunn | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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William R. Dunn | ... |
Native Chief (uncredited)
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Frank Faylen | ... |
Assistant Dubber (uncredited)
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James Flavin | ... |
Young Reporter (uncredited)
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Harry Fleischmann | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Jessie Fung | ... |
Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Chester Gan | ... |
Chinese Sergeant (uncredited)
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Natalie Garson | ... |
Stewardess (uncredited)
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John Hamilton | ... |
Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)
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Mahlon Hamilton | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Selmer Jackson | ... |
Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)
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Robert Emmett Keane | ... |
Foreign Editor (uncredited)
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David Kerman | ... |
Still Cameraman (uncredited)
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Paul King | ... |
Bellhop (uncredited)
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Paul Kruger | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Eddie Lee | ... |
Chinese Officer (uncredited)
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Richard Loo | ... |
Charlie (uncredited)
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George Lynn | ... |
Harry Harding (uncredited)
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Wilbur Mar | ... |
Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)
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Chris-Pin Martin | ... |
Pedro (uncredited)
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Philo McCullough | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart | ... |
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
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Buddy Messinger | ... |
Cycle Messenger (uncredited)
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Walter Miller | ... |
First Flyer (uncredited)
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Roger Moore | ... |
Still Cameraman (uncredited)
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Alberto Morin | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Ken Nolan | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Ted Oliver | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Eddie Parker | ... |
Coast Guard Attendant (uncredited)
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Franklin Parker | ... |
Attendant (uncredited)
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Edward Peil Sr. | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Lee Phelps | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Aileen Pringle | ... |
Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)
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Jack Richardson | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Cyril Ring | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Don Roberts | ... |
Reporter (uncredited)
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Morgan Roberts | ... |
Medicine Man (uncredited)
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William Royle | ... |
Second Flyer (uncredited)
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Charles Sherlock | ... |
Cameraman (uncredited)
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Buster Slaven | ... |
Second Newsboy (uncredited)
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Edwin Stanley | ... |
Second Advertising Man (uncredited)
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Charles Sullivan | ... |
Gunman (uncredited)
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Stanley Taylor | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Phillip Terry | ... |
San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)
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Frank Tomick | ... |
Minor Role (uncredited)
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Harry Tyler | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Monte Vandergrift | ... |
Policeman (uncredited)
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Ray Walker | ... |
Wally--Sound Mixer (uncredited)
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Blue Washington | ... |
Native (uncredited)
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George Webb | ... |
Mr. Rodney--Lawyer (uncredited)
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Robert Whitney | ... |
Newsreel Man (uncredited)
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Josephine Whittell | ... |
'Fake' Mrs. Harding (uncredited)
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Martin Wilkins | ... |
Native Guide (uncredited)
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Ernest Wilson | ... |
Medicine Man (uncredited)
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Directed by
Jack Conway |
Written by
Laurence Stallings | ... | (screen play) and |
John Lee Mahin | ... | (screen play) |
Len Hammond | ... | (based on a story by) |
Buster Keaton | ... | () (uncredited) |
Leon Gordon | ... | () (uncredited) |
Howard Emmett Rogers | ... | () (uncredited) |
Maurine Dallas Watkins | ... | () (uncredited) |
Produced by
Lawrence Weingarten | ... | producer |
Music by
Franz Waxman |
Cinematography by
Harold Rosson | ... | (photographed by) |
Editing by
Frank Sullivan | ... | film editor |
Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Joseph M. Newman | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Richard Rosson | ... | second unit director (uncredited) |
Harrold Weinberger | ... | assistant director (uncredited) |
Art Department
Daniel B. Cathcart | ... | associate art director |
Edwin B. Willis | ... | associate art director |
Sound Department
Douglas Shearer | ... | recording director |
Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie | ... | special effects (as Arnold Gillespie) |
Stunts
Paul Mantz | ... | stunt pilot (uncredited) |
Camera and Electrical Department
Clyde De Vinna | ... | photographer: Dutch Guiana (uncredited) |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dolly Tree | ... | wardrobe |
Eugene Joseff | ... | costume jeweller (uncredited) |
Music Department
George Bassman | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Murray Cutter | ... | orchestrator (uncredited) |
Script and Continuity Department
Wallace Worsley Jr. | ... | script clerk (uncredited) |
Additional Crew
John Hoffman | ... | montage effects |
Ray June | ... | fill-in photographer (uncredited) |
Buster Keaton | ... | gag man (uncredited) |
Production Companies
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (presents) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
Distributors
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1938) (United States) (theatrical) (controlled by Loew's Incorporated)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1938) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1938) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1939) (Norway) (theatrical)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1990) (United States) (VHS) (for Turner Entertainment)
- MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1998) (United States) (VHS)
- Warner Home Video (2009) (United States) (DVD) (Generic keepcase)
- Warner Home Video (2010) (United States) (DVD) (original poster keepcase)
- Warner Bros. (2020) (United States)
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Turner Entertainment (DVD package design)
- Warner Bros. Entertainment (DVD package design)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
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 |
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Taglines | Love Scoops the world's hottest news . . . ! See more » |
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Budget | $1,564,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | Production was delayed in August, 1938, when three hundred African-American extras working on the film went on strike. See more » |
Goofs | 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 » |
Movie Connections | Edited into Nick Carter, Master Detective (1939). See more » |
Soundtracks | Sobre las Olas (Over the Waves) See more » |
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 » |
Quotes |
Christopher 'Chris' Hunter:
I'm not distorting the truth. I'm heightening the composition. See more » |