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Hot Spell

  • 19581958
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 1h 26m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
518
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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.
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
518
YOUR RATING
  • Directors
    • Daniel Mann
    • George Cukor(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Lonnie Coleman(novel "Next of Kin")
    • James Poe
  • Stars
    • Shirley Booth
    • Anthony Quinn
    • Shirley MacLaine
Top credits
  • Directors
    • Daniel Mann
    • George Cukor(uncredited)
  • Writers
    • Lonnie Coleman(novel "Next of Kin")
    • James Poe
  • Stars
    • Shirley Booth
    • Anthony Quinn
    • Shirley MacLaine
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 18User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Shirley MacLaine and Warren Stevens in Hot Spell (1958)
    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)
    Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Booth, Earl Holliman, and Clint Kimbrough in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Shirley Booth in Hot Spell (1958)
    Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Shirley Booth, Earl Holliman, and Clint Kimbrough in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Warren Stevens in Hot Spell (1958)
    Shirley MacLaine and Clint Kimbrough in Hot Spell (1958)

    Top cast

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    Shirley Booth
    Shirley Booth
    • Alma Duvalas Alma Duval
    Anthony Quinn
    Anthony Quinn
    • John Henry Duvalas John Henry Duval
    Shirley MacLaine
    Shirley MacLaine
    • Virginia Duvalas Virginia Duval
    Earl Holliman
    Earl Holliman
    • John Henry 'Buddy' Duval Jr.as John Henry 'Buddy' Duval Jr.
    Eileen Heckart
    Eileen Heckart
    • Alma's Friendas Alma's Friend
    Clint Kimbrough
    Clint Kimbrough
    • Billy Duvalas Billy Duval
    Warren Stevens
    Warren Stevens
    • Wyatt Mitchell - Virginia's Boyfriendas Wyatt Mitchell - Virginia's Boyfriend
    Jody Lawrance
    Jody Lawrance
    • Dora Mayas Dora May
    Harlan Warde
    Harlan Warde
    • Harryas Harry
    Valerie Allen
    Valerie Allen
    • Rubyas Ruby
    Watson Downs
    • Hearse Driveras Hearse Driver
    • (uncredited)
    William Duray
    • Conductoras Conductor
    • (uncredited)
    Louise Franklin
    • Colored Womanas Colored Woman
    • (uncredited)
    Len Hendry
    • Pool Player at Red's Pool Hallas Pool Player at Red's Pool Hall
    • (uncredited)
    John Indrisano
    John Indrisano
    • Pool Player at Red's Pool Hallas Pool Player at Red's Pool Hall
    • (uncredited)
    Anthony Jochim
    Anthony Jochim
    • Preacher at Funeralas Preacher at Funeral
    • (uncredited)
    Johnny Lee
    • Colored Manas Colored Man
    • (uncredited)
    Walter Merrill
    • Minor Roleas Minor Role
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Daniel Mann
      • George Cukor(uncredited)
    • Writers
      • Lonnie Coleman(novel "Next of Kin")
      • James Poe
    • All cast & crew
    • See more cast details at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    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.
    • housewife
    • birthday
    • unfaithfulness
    • adultery
    • american
    • 46 more
    • Plot summary
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    • Genre
      • Drama
    • Certificate
      • Unrated
    • Parents guide
      • Add content advisory

    Did you know

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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
      Featured in Valentine's Day (2010)

    User reviews18

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    Very 50s, Very Shirley Booth
    I don't know whether it's Shirley Booth's uniquely pathetic acting persona, or simple typecasting, but I always mix this movie up with her other dramas from the 50s, particularly Come Back, Little Sheba. Similarly, I repeatedly misremember this movie as a scenario by William Inge. It is 50s drama at its dankest and Inge-iest, the story of a sad family who live in a frame house in nowheresville, with a Shirley Booth mother who fears losing her husband, feels guilty about not having been a showpiece of a wife, and most of all yearns for a golden past that is probably imaginary. I wonder whether the whole thing isn't really just a recombinant pastiche of TV-playhouse clichés from the early and mid -50s: not only derivative of William Inge but with a generous dose of Paddy Chayefsky and some Tennessee Williams thrown in for good measure. The people who made this film were manufacturing a product to satisfy what they perceived as a popular taste. But I wonder if anyone could have enjoyed it or recommended it to their friends. More likely they felt depressed and unclean and eager to forget the whole thing.
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    • margot
    • Dec 19, 2005

    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
    • Production company
      • Wallis-Hazen
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 26 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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