The Hot Spell (18 Jan. 1968)

A hot spell is drifting through San Juan, and with it comes gangster Rufus Morgan, who has vowed to take over Carlos' casino. As a favor or repayment for some old air conditioners he ... See full summary »

Director:

Mack Bing

Writers:

James S. Henerson, Tere Rios (novel),

Stars:

Sally Field, Marge Redmond, Madeleine Sherwood

Cast

Episode credited cast:
Sally Field	...	Sister Bertrille
Marge Redmond	...	Sister Jacqueline
Madeleine Sherwood	...	Reverend Mother Superior Placido
Alejandro Rey	...	Carlos Ramirez
Linda Dangcil	...	Sister Ana
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stanley Beck	...	Martin
Bruce Gordon	...	Rufus Morgan
Julie Gregg	...	Doris Finch
Susan Howard	...	Sister Teresa
Peter Leeds	...	Burt Remick
Michael Pataki	...	Pedro
Serena Sande	...	Sister Marguerita

Storyline

A hot spell is drifting through San Juan, and with it comes gangster Rufus Morgan, who has vowed to take over Carlos' casino. As a favor or repayment for some old air conditioners he donated to the convent, Carlos devises an arrangement, in paper only, with the convent through Sister Bertrille: he is deeding the casino to the convent while Morgan is in town, to be deeded back to him after Morgan leaves. In the meantime, Carlos goes into hiding. Although Carlos' assistant Pedro is running the casino in Carlos' absence, Morgan strong-arms Pedro into getting an official from the convent, that being Sister Bertrille, down to the casino to run things. She does so and gets conned by Morgan into playing in a table stakes poker game. He figures he can win the casino through this method. But the seemingly naive sister out-bluffs Morgan and wins everything she previously lost back. Despite this, the gig is up when Morgan catches Pedro conferring with Carlos on the telephone. The highly ...

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 January 1968 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Screen Gems

Technical Specs

Runtime:

30 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The first time the gangsters go to the club, the music playing is an instrumental version of the Monkees "Auntie Grizelda".

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