Too Hot to Handle
The sizzler you read about in Playboy magazine! It strips the secrets from the intimate key clubs.
Directed by Terence Young
Produced by Wigmore Productions, Associated British Picture Corporation
A mid-century crime-tinged melodrama set in London's underground burlesque scene, blending journalistic intrigue with romantic entanglement and underworld danger.
A French reporter working on a steamy story about the secret strip joints found in London's Soho district becomes involved in the lives of the owner and star of a famous club.
Clusters
Questions people ask
Does Too Hot to Handle end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 64% of films.
Is Too Hot to Handle sad? Not especially. Less sad than 59% of films.
Is Too Hot to Handle scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Too Hot to Handle violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
Is Too Hot to Handle easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.
These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.
Cinnamon Score
How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.
Conventional, and it does not land.
How unlike any other film this one feels
How much more it delivers than it promises
How much audiences actually like it
Ensemble
Like Too Hot to Handle
Nearest across the full emotional profile.
Same Mood as Too Hot to Handle
Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.
Like Too Hot to Handle, But Darker
Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.
Like Too Hot to Handle, But Lighter
Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.
Like Too Hot to Handle, But Less Popular
Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.
