British director Terence Young, craftsman of James Bond movies and heavier fare such as Wait Until Dark (1967), helmed this 1960 dive into London's seamy Soho district. On loan from 20th Century Fox, glamour icon and sex symbol Jayne Mansfield stars as "Midnight Franklin," a stripper seeking to split the scene. She's the girlfriend of Pink Flamingo club owner Johnny Solo (Leo Genn from The Snake Pit), who has his own troubles with the cops and a criminal competitor. Also with Karlheinz Peeping Tom Böhm, the ubiquitous Christopher Lee (The Torture Chamber of Dr. Sadism) as a gangster, and character actor Ian Fleming (not the James Bond creator) from The Return of Mr. Moto. Released in Eastmancolor in the U.K. under the title Too Hot To Handle, the U.S. version was demoted to dupe-y black and white, heavily cut, and slapped with a title intended to cash in on Mansfield's "Playboy" magazine photo spread.
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