Too Hot to Handle (1977 film) explained

Too Hot to Handle
Director:	Don Schain
Producer:	Ralph T. Desiderio
Music:	Hugo Montenegro
Cinematography:	Fred Conde
Editing:	Barbara Pokras
Distributor:	New World Pictures
Runtime:	88 minutes
Language:	English

Too Hot to Handle is a 1977 exploitation film directed by directed by Don Schain and starring Cheri Caffaro,^[1] Aharon Ipalé, Corinne Calvet and Vic Diaz.^[2] The plot concerns about the adventures of hitwoman Samantha Fox in the Philippines. The film is also billed as She's Too Hot to Handle.

Plot

Samantha Fox engages in secret agent exploits in Manila.

Cast

• Cheri Caffaro as Samantha Fox
• Aharon Ipalé as Domingo De La Torres
• Vic Diaz as Sanchez
• Corinne Calvet as Madame Ruanda
• John Van Dreelen as MacKenzie Portman (as John vanDreelen)
• Jordan Rosengarten as Justin Stockwell
• Butz Aquino as Carlos Rossimo
• Subas Herrero as Octavio Calderone
• Grace Lee as Miss Chow
• Paquito Salcedo as Lu Chang
• Vic Silayan as District Attorney
• Joonee Gamboa as Mr. Bulacon (as June Gamboa)

Reception

Leonardo Maltin called it a "(t)rashy sex- adventure film".^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Brode, Douglas . Deadlier Than the Male: Femme Fatales in 1960s and 1970s Cinema . 17 January 2016 . BearManor Media . en.
2. Web site: Too Hot to Handle . AFICatalog.
3. Book: Maltin, Leonard . Leonard Maltin's Movie and Video Guide 1995 . 1994 . Penguin Publishing Group . 978-0-452-27327-6 . en.