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59% Critic Match
Hot Spell
“Passions explode in that hot-blooded southern town!”
5.9 / 10• 1958• 1h 26m•NR• English
Drama
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Shirley Booth
Alma Duval
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Daniel Mann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Hot Spell is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
