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](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/495/162495740_27cf3d.png)
Rod Taylor
Australia
Best movies:
Inglourious Basterds (2009)
Giant (1956)
The Birds (1963)
![Catherine Spaak](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/666/164666981_5931f4.jpg)
Catherine Spaak
France
Best movies:
Le Trou (1960)
The Easy Life (1962)
The Man with the Balloons (1965)
![Karl Malden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/361/164361539_a8f610.png)
Karl Malden
USA
Best movies:
Barbra: The Concert (1994) (concert)
On the Waterfront (1954)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
![Melvyn Douglas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/250/164250594_d633ef.jpg)
Melvyn Douglas
USA
Best movies:
Being There (1979)
Captains Courageous (1937)
Ninotchka (1939)
![Merle Oberon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271025_1f7b57.jpg)
Merle Oberon
India
Best movies:
Wuthering Heights (1939)
Deep in My Heart (1954)
These Three (1936)
![Richard Conte](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270211_d260fa.jpg)
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
![Michael Rennie](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/628/162628275_e1c84a.jpg)
Michael Rennie
UK
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951)
Ride Beyond Vengeance (1966)
![Kevin McCarthy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/212/164212306_cc8012.jpg)
Kevin McCarthy
USA
Best movies:
'Weird Al' Yankovic: The Videos (1996) (video compilation)
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)
Columbo (1971) (series)
![Alfred Ryder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/458/160458999_8b7b2b.jpg)
Alfred Ryder
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
True Grit (1969)
T-Men (1947)
![Roy Roberts](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000175_3215bd.jpg)
Roy Roberts
USA
Best movies:
Chinatown (1974)
Gentleman's Agreement (1947)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
![Sheila Bromley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/019/158019306_17a4bd.jpg)
Sheila Bromley
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
One Hour with You (1932)
A Star is Born (1954)
![Ken Lynch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000131_2be03a.gif)
Ken Lynch
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
North by Northwest (1959)
Days of Wine and Roses (1962)
![Clinton Sundberg](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/605/160605938_fa79e0.jpg)
Clinton Sundberg
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Easter Parade (1948)
Lee Stanley
USA
Best movies:
The Candidate (1972)
Hotel (1967)
Ice Station Zebra (1968)
Dee Carroll
USA
Best movies:
Airport (1970)
The Wrong Man (1956)
The Split (1968)
Ivan Bonar
USA
Best movies:
If Tomorrow Comes (1986) (series)
Same Time, Next Year (1978)
Hotel (1967)
![Kenner G. Kemp](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/630/161630545_8fe94b.jpg)
Kenner G. Kemp
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Limelight (1952)
![Philo McCullough](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/228/159228285_5b57ea.jpg)
Philo McCullough
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Lester Dorr
USA
Best movies:
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Ace in the Hole (1951)
Inherit the Wind (1960)
![Arthur Tovey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/376/159376088_84a67d.jpg)
Arthur Tovey
USA
Best movies:
The Sting (1973)
Back to the Future (1985)
Some Like It Hot (1959)