Too Hot to Handle (Playgirl After Dark) (1959)

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With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the strip… More With dialogue ranging from flat to offensive and acting in the same range, this low-brow erotic crime drama by director Terence Young stars Jayne Mansfield as Midnight Franklin, a star stripper in a Soho club that is in serious rivalry with another strip joint. A reporter gets involved in the strip scene while writing a story on the clubs, and in the end he has quite a lot to write about. The competition between the two clubs heats up, and after one of the owners is the unknowing instrument in the death of a young (illegally young) stripper, both rival clubs head for a crash. ~ Eleanor Mannikka, Rovi

Directed By: Terence Young
Written By: Herbert Kretzmer
Genres: Drama, Classics

In Theaters: Jan 12, 1961 Wide

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Low budget but decent crime drama. Jayne, approaching the end of her brief heyday, is pretty good as the sort of den mother to a group of strippers, she even performs a few mediocre numbers. This really shows how the vision of the desirable female form has changed over the years.… More
Low budget but decent crime drama. Jayne, approaching the end of her brief heyday, is pretty good as the sort of den mother to a group of strippers, she even performs a few mediocre numbers. This really shows how the vision of the desirable female form has changed over the years. Nowadays the lithe hard body look if the goal but Jayne is anything but that, very curvy and quite plump she is harshly lit as is the film but even with that at times she looks stunning. The plot takes a while to get going and really isn't focused sharply enough to make the film as involving as it should be but Leo Genn is good in the lead and he and Jayne hold your interest whenever they are on screen.

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Jayne Mansfield
as Midnight Franklin
Leo Genn
as Johnny Solo
Carl Boehm
as Robert Jouvel
Danik Patisson
as Lilliane Decker
Christopher Lee
as Novak
Kai Fischer
as Cynthia
Patrick Holt
as Inspector West
Martin Boddey
as Mr. Arpels
Sheldon Lawrence
as Diamonds Dinelli
Barbara Windsor
as Pony Tail
John Salew
as Moeller
Tom Bowman
as Flash Gordon
Ian Fleming
as Pawnbroker
Penny Morrell
as Terry
Katherine Keeton
as Melody
Susan Denny
as Marjorie
Elizabeth Wilson
as Jacky
Bill McGuffie
as Piano Player
Michael Balfour
as Tour Guide
Larry Taylor
as Mouth
June Elvin
as Hostess
Morton Lowry
as Dinelli's Driver
Harry Lane
as Muscles
Toni Palmer
Brian Tucker
Martin Sterndale
as Editor
Karlheinz Böhm

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Too Hot to Handle (Playgirl After Dark) (1959)

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