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Rating: 6.5 stars

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All movies seen on 01/22/2015

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Hotel (1967)

Directed by Richard Quine

Drama

Overview

This is the story of the clocklike movements of a giant, big city New Orleans hotel. The ambitious yet loyal manager wrestles with the round-the-clock drama of its guests. A brazen sneak thief, who nightly relieves the guests of their property, is chased through the underground passages of the hotel. The big business power play for control of the hotel and the VIP diplomat guest with a secret add to the excitement.

Rated PG | Length 124 minutes

Actors

Rod Taylor | Catherine Spaak | Karl Malden | Melvyn Douglas | Merle Oberon | Richard Conte | Michael Rennie | Kevin McCarthy | Carmen McRae | Alfred Ryder | Roy Roberts | Al Checco | Sheila Bromley | Harry Hickox | William Lanteau | Ken Lynch | Clinton Sundberg | Tol Avery | Davis Roberts | George Boyce | Charles Alvin Bell | Robert Goodwin | Jack Donner | Lester Dorr | Vince Howard | Dorothy Konrad | Judy Norton | John Sebastian | William Swan | Arthur Tovey

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Viewing Notes

Another movie for my Rod Taylor retrospective.

This is like a glorified made for television movie. Has a weird tone to it. Also Karl Malden looking very Streets of San Francisco isn’t helping.

Rod Taylor really is the best thing in this movie including the sweet moves he makes on the 22 year old French hottie Catherine Spaak. The elevator scene is pretty cool in a mostly slow burn hotel drama with three separate stories linked by Taylor’s character. He’s definitely a smooth operator.

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