Too Hot to Handle

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.

5.816

107 min

Cast

Clark Gable

as Chris Hunter

Myrna Loy

as Alma Harding

Walter Pidgeon

as Bill Dennis

Walter Connolly

as Gabby MacArthur

Leo Carrillo

as Joselito

Johnny Hines

as Parsons

Virginia Weidler

as Hulda

Betty Ross Clarke

as Mrs. Harding

Henry Kolker

as Pearly Todd

Marjorie Main

as Miss Wayne

Gregory Gaye

as Popoff

Al Shean

as Gumpert

Willie Fung

as Willie

Lillie Mui

as Tootsie

Patsy O'Connor

as Fake Hulda

Ernie Alexander

as Projectionist (uncredited)

Eddie Arden

as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

King Baggot

as Reporter (uncredited)

Max Barwyn

as Waiter (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

as MacArthur's Secretary (uncredited)

Margaret Bert

as Office Worker (uncredited)

William Broadus

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

Francis X. Bushman Jr.

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Bill Carey

as Elevator Boy (uncredited)

Thomas Carr

as Man (uncredited)

Steve Carruthers

as Coast Guard Radio Operator (uncredited)

Luke Chan

as Wong (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Naomi Childers

as Office Worker (uncredited)

Ray Cooke

as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

Nick Copeland

as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

DeForest Covan

as South American Fire Dancer (uncredited)

Nell Craig

as Todd's Secretary (uncredited)

Joseph Crehan

as First Advertising Man (uncredited)

Hal K. Dawson

as Film Cutter (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

John Dilson

as Film Developing Laboratory Foreman (uncredited)

Mimi Doyle

as Sob Sister (uncredited)

Charles Dunbar

as Expressman (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

William R. Dunn

as Native Chief (uncredited)

Frank Faylen

as Assistant Dubber (uncredited)

James Flavin

as Young Reporter (uncredited)

Harry Fleischmann

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Jessie Fung

as Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Chester Gan

as Chinese Sergeant (uncredited)

Natalie Garson

as Stewardess (uncredited)

John Hamilton

as Mr. Fairfield (uncredited)

Mahlon Hamilton

as Reporter (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson

as Coast Guard Captain (uncredited)

Robert Emmett Keane

as Foreign Editor (uncredited)

David Kerman

as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

Paul King

as Bellhop (uncredited)

Paul Kruger

as Policeman (uncredited)

Eddie Lee

as Chinese Officer (uncredited)

Richard Loo

as Charlie (uncredited)

George Lynn

as Harry Harding (uncredited)

Wilbur Mar

as Chinese Specialty Dancer (uncredited)

Chris-Pin Martin

as Pedro (uncredited)

Philo McCullough

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Malcolm 'Bud' McTaggart

as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

Buddy Messinger

as Cycle Messenger (uncredited)

Walter Miller

as First Flyer (uncredited)

Roger Moore

as Still Cameraman (uncredited)

Alberto Morin

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Ken Nolan

as Reporter (uncredited)

Ted Oliver

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Eddie Parker

as Coast Guard Attendant (uncredited)

Franklin Parker

as Attendant (uncredited)

Edward Peil Sr.

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Policeman (uncredited)

Aileen Pringle

as Mrs. Arthur MacArthur (uncredited)

Jack Richardson

as Reporter (uncredited)

Cyril Ring

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Don Roberts

as Reporter (uncredited)

Morgan Roberts

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

William Royle

as Second Flyer (uncredited)

Charles Sherlock

as Cameraman (uncredited)

Buster Slaven

as Second Newsboy (uncredited)

Edwin Stanley

as Second Advertising Man (uncredited)

Charles Sullivan

as Gunman (uncredited)

Stanley Taylor

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Phillip Terry

as San Francisco Airport Official (uncredited)

Frank Tomick

as minor role (uncredited)

Harry Tyler

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Monte Vandergrift

as Policeman (uncredited)

Ray Walker

as Wally, Sound Mixer (uncredited)

Blue Washington

as Native (uncredited)

George Webb

as Mr. Rodney, Lawyer (uncredited)

Robert Whitney

as Newsreel Man (uncredited)

Josephine Whittell

as "Fake" Mrs. Harding (uncredited)

Martin Wilkins

as Native Guide (uncredited)

Ernest Wilson

as Medicine Man (uncredited)

Director

Jack Conway