Another bestselIer from Arthur HaiIey (Airport, Wheels, The Moneychangers) comes to puIsating Iife in this grand, multi-storied feature film that expIodes the secrets of a dozen private Iives. Through the doors of the St. Gregory, a posh, aging luxury hoteI in the lusty New OrIeans French Quarter, pass the powerful, the proud and the predatory.
Among them are bigoted, blustery owner MeIvyn Douglas, tough-minded generaI manager Rod Taylor, MerIe Oberon as an arrogant duchess who dominates her weak-willed diplomat husband (Michael Rennie), Kevin McCarthy as a Bible-thumping business tycoon who'lI invoke any means to add the St. Gregory to his conformity-stamped hotel chain, Richard Conte as a duplicitous detective and Karl MaIden as the thief with a briefcase fuII of room keys, compliments of the town's hookers. Only so many secrets can be swept under the plush carpet of the St. Gregory. |