Film

Hot Spell

1958 · 1h 26m · Drama

Passions explode in that hot-blooded southern town!

IMDb

6.9

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, tries to hide how much she suffers from her husband's amorous excursions while trying to help her children solve their problems and doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart. Meanwhile, daughter Virginia is dumped by her boyfriend because she cannot help him with his career. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.

Shirley Booth

Alma Duval

Anthony Quinn

Jack Duval

Shirley MacLaine

Virginia Duval

Earl Holliman

Buddy Duval

Eileen Heckart

Fan

Clint Kimbrough

Billy Duval

Warren Stevens

Wyatt

Jody Lawrance

Dora May

Harlan Warde

Harry

Valerie Allen

Ruby

Stafford Repp

Baggage Man (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow

Essie Mae (uncredited)

Bill Walker

Attendant (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim

Preacher (uncredited)

Elsie Weller

Librarian (uncredited)

• Daniel MannDirector
• James PoeScreenplay
• Lonnie ColemanNovel
• Hal B. WallisProducer
• Loyal GriggsDirector of Photography
• Alex NorthOriginal Music Composer

Release date

May 21, 1958

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 26m

Genres

Drama

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