Hot Spell (1958)
Passions explode in that hot-blooded southern town!
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.
- Date of release
- 1958-05-21
- TMDB
- 5.9 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 26m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Daniel Mann
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
Hot Spell is a 1958 American drama film directed by Daniel Mann, starring Shirley Booth and Anthony Quinn, and released by Paramount Pictures.
Production
The screenplay for Hot Spell was developed from an unproduced play by Lonnie Coleman, Next of Kin, purchased by producer Hal Wallis in June 1956. Production occurred from January 23 to early March 1957, with filming in Pasadena and Chatsworth, California.
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