The Marrying Man


The Marrying Man known as Too Hot to Handle in the United Kingdom and Australia is an American 1991 romantic comedy film starring Alec Baldwin and Kim Basinger. The film was directed by Jerry Rees, and written by Neil Simon. The film opened to poor reviews and flopped at the box office, with Basingers performance in the film earning her a Golden Raspberry Award nomination for Worst Actress, where she lost to Sean Young for A Kiss Before Dying.

His four best friendsa comedian, a songwriter, a singer and a baseball manager none particularly successful as yetaccompany Charley on a drive to Las Vegas for a final bachelors fling. Charley is willing to foot the bill for Phil, Sammy, Tony and George but is eager to get back home to his fiancee. They make a quick stop for a drink at a nightclub where Vicki Anderson, a glamorous singer, immediately disrupts Charleys thoughts of wedded bliss. He tries to pick up Vicki after her performance but is sternly warned that she belongs to somebody else. Vicki responds to Charleys charm, however, and obligingly offers to leave a window open at her home. Charley shows up and they end up in bed, only to be caught in the act by her other loverBugsy Siegel, the notorious gangster.Rather than react violently, Bugsy amuses himself with the notion that he will take the scaredstiff Vicki and Charley to a justice of the peace in the middle of the night and make them marry one another. Charley drives her back to California and offers to pay her expenses, but Vicki walks out, wanting nothing more from him. In the meantime, their wedding photo pops up on the front page of the morning newspaperwith Charleys engagement announcement to Lew Horners daughter appearing on a later page, as the enraged studio boss points out. Charley apologizes and still wants to marry a sobbing Adele. He agrees to get an annulment from Vicki and to pay a considerable sum to charity if he should dare disappoint Horners daughter again. ........

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