Hot Spell

Hot Spell

86 mins | Drama | May 21, 1958

Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, trying 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.

Hot Spell

86 mins | Drama | May 21, 1958

Hot Spell
Alma Duval, a middle-aged housewife, trying 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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Wallis-Hazen
Original title Hot Spell
Directors Ralph Axness, Stanley K. Scheuer, Daniel Mann, George Cukor, Michael D. Moore
Writers Lonnie Coleman, James Poe

Cast

Shirley Booth

as Alma Duval

Anthony Quinn

as Jack Duval

Shirley MacLaine

as Virginia Duval

Earl Holliman

as Buddy Duval

Clint Kimbrough

as Billy Duval

Warren Stevens

as Wyatt

Jody Lawrance

as Dora May

Harlan Warde

as Harry

Valerie Allen

as Ruby

Stafford Repp

as Baggage Man (uncredited)

Irene Tedrow

as Essie Mae (uncredited)

Bill Walker

as Attendant (uncredited)

Anthony Jochim

as Preacher (uncredited)

Elsie Weller

as Librarian (uncredited)