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Too Hot to Handle (Original title)Playgirl after Dark (Alternative title)
Date: 12 December 1960 (Release)

Country: United Kingdom

Director: Terence Young

Synopsis: Story of fierce rivalry between Soho strip-tease club owners.

Genre:
Drama

Subjects:
Striptease, Soho, London
Releases
Date: 1960Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - SoundRuntime: 100 mins Length: 9036 FeetDialogue (original): English
Date: 1960Country: United KingdomRelease type: Pre-ReleaseFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Eastmancolor - Sound - Combined Optical SoundAspect ratio: 1.66:1Runtime: 100 mins 24 secs - Length: 9036 FeetDialogue (original): English

Credits (16)
Production Company: Wigmore Productions, Production Company: Associated British Picture Corporation, Producer: Selim Cattan, Associate Producer: Ronald Rietti, Associate Producer: John Evans, Associate Producer: C. P. Hamilton-Marshall, Screenplay: Herbert Kretzmer, Original story: Harry Lee, Director of Photography: Otto Heller, Editor: Kieran Carruthers, Art Director: Alan Withy, Music: Eric Spear, Choreography: Pamela Devis, Sound: Charles Knott, Studio: MGM British Studios
Cast (14)
Jayne Mansfield (Midnight Franklin), Leo Genn (Johnny Solo), Karlheinz Böhm (Robert Jouvel), Danick Patisson (Lilliane Decker), Christopher Lee (Novak), Kai Fischer (Cynthia), Patrick Holt (Inspector West), Martin Boddey (Mr. Arpels), Sheldon Lawrence (Diamonds Dinelli), Barbara Windsor (Pony Tail), John Salew (Moeller), Tom Bowman (Flash Gordon), Larry Taylor (Mouth), Jack Taylor ([])