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.
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Title: Hot Spell (1958)
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| Shirley Booth | ... | Alma Duval | |
| Anthony Quinn | ... | John Henry Duval | |
| Shirley MacLaine | ... | Virginia Duval | |
| Earl Holliman | ... | John Henry 'Buddy' Duval Jr. | |
| Eileen Heckart | ... | Alma's Friend | |
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Clint Kimbrough | ... | Billy Duval |
| Warren Stevens | ... | Wyatt Mitchell - Virginia's Boyfriend | |
| Jody Lawrance | ... | Dora May | |
| Harlan Warde | ... | Harry | |
| Valerie Allen | ... | Ruby | |
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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.
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June 1958 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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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. See more »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. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I have a tape of this film that I haven't seen in about 8 years. Therefore, plot details have escaped me. But, in short, it's a rather sad tale of a small, small-town family whose patriarch, played by Anthony Quinn, has a mid-life crisis and philanders about while his sad, lonely wife, played with typical sensitivity and pity by Shirley Booth, sits at home, overlooking his transgressions. I remember enjoying the whole film, including Shirley MacLaine's turn as their daughter. However, one scene which stands out takes place between Eileen Eckhart and Shirley Booth. It's in the middle of the afternoon, and Eckhart teaches Booth how to drink in, I believe, Booth's kitchen. It is quietly HYSTERICAL, and proves how wonderful Eckhart was as an actress. This scene could have gone on another five minutes, it was just so entertaining.