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Hot Spell

  • 1958
  • Unrated
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Anthony Quinn and Valerie Allen in Hot Spell (1958)
Drama

A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart, a fact she's trying to ignore. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines wil... Read allA housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart, a fact she's trying to ignore. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.A housewife is doing her best to keep her family together as it's slowly falling apart, a fact she's trying to ignore. Her cheating husband's birthday party is approaching and many lines will be crossed after that event.

  • Directors
    • Daniel Mann
    • George Cukor
  • Writers
    • Lonnie Coleman
    • James Poe
  • Stars
    • Shirley Booth
    • Anthony Quinn
    • Shirley MacLaine
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    560
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Daniel Mann
      • George Cukor
    • Writers
      • Lonnie Coleman
      • James Poe
    • Stars
      • Shirley Booth
      • Anthony Quinn
      • Shirley MacLaine
    • 20User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Anthony Quinn and Earl Holliman in Hot Spell (1958)
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    Anthony Quinn and Valerie Allen in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Shirley Booth in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Shirley Booth in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Shirley Booth in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Booth, and Earl Holliman in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Booth, and Earl Holliman in Hot Spell (1958)
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    Shirley MacLaine and Shirley Booth in Hot Spell (1958)
    Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Booth, Earl Holliman, and Clint Kimbrough in Hot Spell (1958)
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    Shirley Booth
    Shirley Booth
    • Alma Duval
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • John Henry Duval
    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Virginia Duval
    Earl Holliman
    Earl Holliman
    • John Henry 'Buddy' Duval Jr.
    Eileen Heckart
    Eileen Heckart
    • Alma's Friend
    Clint Kimbrough
    Clint Kimbrough
    • Billy Duval
    Warren Stevens
    Warren Stevens
    • Wyatt Mitchell - Virginia's Boyfriend
    Jody Lawrance
    Jody Lawrance
    • Dora May
    Harlan Warde
    Harlan Warde
    • Harry
    Valerie Allen
    Valerie Allen
    • Ruby
    Watson Downs
    • Hearse Driver
    • (uncredited)
    William Duray
    • Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Franklin
    • Colored Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Len Hendry
    • Pool Player at Red's Pool Hall
    • (uncredited)
    John Indrisano
    John Indrisano
    • Pool Player at Red's Pool Hall
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony Jochim
    Anthony Jochim
    • Preacher at Funeral
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Lee
    • Colored Man
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Merrill
    • Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Daniel Mann
      • George Cukor(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Lonnie Coleman
      • James Poe
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      After shooting the scene when Virginia cries hysterically to her mother in her bedroom, Shirley Booth was pleasantly surprised with Shirley MacLaine's emotional performance. She asked her, "where did that come from?! I'm impressed!", much to MacLaine's delight as she admired Booth very much.
    • Goofs
      Alma takes a present to their son Buddy to bring home for his Poppa, and is carrying no other packages. But later, when she takes gifts to Billy and Virginia she is still carrying the gift she apparently left with Buddy.
    • Connections
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    User reviews20

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    9/10
    The Greatness of Shirley Booth on Full Display
    Shirley Booth was one of those few actresses that could break your heart with a glance over the shoulder, a flutter of the hand, a stumbling voice.

    Like Geraldine Page in "A Trip To Bountiful," Cecily Tyson in "A Woman Called Moses" or Jessica Tandy in "The Gin Game," her performance stays with you for years afterward.

    I pitied her in this film - a cheating husband; children who tried their best to protect her from the truth while covering for their dad. She was a woman who lived in the past, longing to return to the happier times in her life in a small town where she first met her husband and a town, New Paris, where she had good friends and family.

    Anthony Quinn was like a lot of men, who are addicted to sex and loose women. His wife, heavy-set and clinging was quite aware that she could not compete with the younger, shapelier girls her husband craved.

    Eileen Heckart was wonderful as her good friend who tried to give her hope, but knew it wasn't possible, that her friend was doomed to failure with this man.

    I believe this movie was from a novel by Lonnie Coleman called "Next of Kin," which I thought was a better title for the film. Hollywood had a tendency to "soup up" titles to make them sound sexy to draw in customers. They did the same thing with Joanne Woodward's "The Stripper," which was based on a Broadway play called "A Loss of Roses," clearly a much better title and probably the reason that the picture didn't get much respect.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • June 1958 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Next of Kin
    • Filming locations
      • Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA(Studio)
    • Production company
      • Wallis-Hazen
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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