Hot Spell

Hot Spell

5.9IMDb Score
Released:1958-05-21
Genre:Drama
Duration:86 min
Director:Daniel Mann, George Cukor
Actors:Shirley Booth, Anthony Quinn, Shirley MacLaine, Earl Holliman, Eileen Heckart
Production:Wallis-Hazen Inc.

Overview:

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.

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