Londra a mezzanotte

Rival Soho clubs clash over turf. A 1959 gangster thriller with the backdrop of 'England's greatest shame' - Soho - and with the big selling point being Jayne Mansfield (as stripper Midnight Franklin) ,arguably the ultimate late 1950s so called 'pneumatic blonde'. Featuring musical stage numbers (including the film's title number 'Too Hot to Handle' ,with Mansfield in 'revealing' outfit) ,Soho style double dealing with rival nightclub owners Johnny Solo and Diamonds Dinelli (Leon Genn and Sheldon Lawrence) ,a dangerous *** predator (Martin Boddey) and an underage victim of his called Pony Tail (Barbara Windsor - with dubbed North American accent) ,and a journalist called Robert Jouvet (Carl Boehm) writing an article on the Soho club scene. Filmed in Eastman colour - the visuals of colour ,decor and costume are important in this film - director Terence Young's film also features Christopher Lee ,Kai Fischer ,and the number 'You Were Made For Me' ,which Mansfield performs for an audience of slobbering old men in suits. When I watched this I thought of 'Absolute Beginners'. This review is based on the full 100+ minute version.