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Hot Spell
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5.9Alma 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.
Released: 1958-05-2186 minDir: George CukorDrama
Cast
- Shirley Booth as Alma Duval
- Anthony Quinn as Jack Duval
- Shirley MacLaine as Virginia Duval
- Earl Holliman as Buddy Duval
- Eileen Heckart as Fan
- Clint Kimbrough as Billy Duval
Themes
- adultery
- depression
- husband wife relationship
- based on play or musical
- family relationships
- dysfunctional marriage
- unfaithfulness
- extramarital affair
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Ratings
IMDb
6.9/10
587 votes
- Year
- 1958
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- Unrated
- Awards
- 1 nomination
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- George Cukor
- Screenwriter
- James Poe
- Composer
- Alex North
- Producer
- Hal B. Wallis
- Cinematographer
- Loyal Griggs
- Narrative location
- New Orleans
- Duration
- 86
- FilmAffinity ID
- 855762
Show 5 more facts
- publication date
- 1958-01-01
- title
- Hot Spell
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Paramount Pictures
- film editor
- Warren Low
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