Hot Spell (1958)

Directed by Daniel Mann, George Cukor

Hot Spell movie poster

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.

Genre: Drama

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Loyal Griggs · Composer: Alex North

Production: Wallis-Hazen Inc.

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