" Amanda asks her dictation secretary Grace (Eve March) about the double standard:Amanda: What do you think of a man who is unfaithful o his wife?Grace: Not nice, but.] The overly-indulgent film was budgeted at $12 million, and had a box-office of over $20 million.The nearly four-hour long film (withoutany female speaking roles) featured a star-studded cast, with a virtually unknown, blue-eyed Irish Shakespearean stage actor Peter O""Toole in his first starring role." Don describes his addicted compulsion:What you don""t understand, all of you, is that I""ve got to know it""s around.The youngster, without any hesitation, picks it off the ground and struts away puffing smoke.The disgruntled, hard-luck panhandler quickens his pace after another American, a Man in a White Suit (director John Huston).