Directed by:
Richard QuineScreenplay:
Wendell MayesCinematography:
Charles LangComposer:
Johnny KeatingCast:
Rod Taylor, Catherine Spaak, Karl Malden, Melvyn Douglas, Merle Oberon, Richard Conte, Michael Rennie, Kevin McCarthy, Alfred Ryder, Roy Roberts (more)Plots(1)
Through the doors of the St. Gregory, a posh, aging luxury hotel in the lusty New Orleans French Quarter, pass the powerful, the proud and the predatory. Among them are bigoted, blustery owner Melvyn Douglas, tough-minded general manager Rod Taylor, Merle Oberon as an arrogant Duchess who dominates her weak-willed diplomat husband (Michael Rennie), Kevin McCarthy as a Bible-thumping business tycoon who'll invoke any means to add the St. Gregory to his conformity-stamped hotel chain, Richard Conte as a duplicitous detective and Karl Malden as the thief with a briefcase full of room keys, compliments of the town's hookers. Only so many secrets can be swept under the plush carpet of the St. Gregory. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Rod Taylor
Australia
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Giant (1956)
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Catherine Spaak
France
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Karl Malden
USA
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Melvyn Douglas
USA
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Merle Oberon
India
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Wuthering Heights (1939)
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Richard Conte
USA
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Michael Rennie
UK
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Kevin McCarthy
USA
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Alfred Ryder
USA
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Roy Roberts
USA
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Sheila Bromley
USA
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Ken Lynch
USA
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Clinton Sundberg
USA
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Lee Stanley
USA
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Dee Carroll
USA
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Ivan Bonar
USA
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Kenner G. Kemp
USA
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Philo McCullough
USA
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Lester Dorr
USA
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Arthur Tovey
USA
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