乔治·佩帕德

讲述了清晨的纽约街头，相貌清丽的女子霍莉（奥黛丽·赫本AudreyHepburn饰）在橱窗前徜徉，她就是纽约上流社会的交际花。对金钱和物质的崇拜，同时却不失天真善良的霍莉，就像是纽约的“茶花女”，靠着每小时五十、一百的费用来获得交际收入。在她心里，还有一个重要的目标，那就是嫁得金龟婿。霍莉的新邻居是一个作家保罗（乔治·佩帕德GeorgePeppard饰），梦想着成名，却也是依靠富太太的供给度日。遇见霍莉的保罗堕入情网，千方百计让霍莉过回正常生活，并向她求婚。然而，霍莉似乎并不愿意，在她心中，嫁给这么一个人，放弃她之前的努力，未免太不值。然而，霍莉在寻找幸福路上跌跌撞撞，直到有一天才突然明白了幸福的含义。

讲述了GeorgePeppardplaysahard-drivenindustrialistmorethanalittlereminiscentofHowardHughes.Whilehebuildsairplanes,directsmoviesandbreakshearts,hisfriendsandloverstrytoreachhishumanside,andfindthatitsanuphillbattle.Thefilmstitleisametaphorforself-promotingtycoonswhoperformquickfinancialtakeovers,imposedictatorialcontrolsforshort-termprofits,thenmoveontogreenerpastures.TheCarpetbaggersisthekindoftrashyclassicmostpeopleweretooembarrassedtoadmittheyenjoyedbackintheearly60s.ButthisHaroldRobbinsadaptationissocheerfullyvulgar,itshardnottohaveagoodtime-especiallygiventhethinlyveiledportraitofHowardHughesatitscenter.GeorgePeppardplaystheheel-hero,whofoundsanairlinecompanyinthe1920sandbuysamoviestudiointhe1930s,crushingfriendsandmistressesalongtheway.Thehighcheesefactorisaidedbythegood-timecast:CarrollBakerasPeppardshotstepmom,BobCummings(quitefunny)asacynicalagent,andElizabethAshley,whomarriedPeppard,inherdebut-uncharacteristically,asagoodgirl.OnesadnoteisAlanLadd,lookingandsoundingveryend-of-the-lineinhisfinalrole,asamansmancowboystar.ElmerBernsteinsswaggeringscorehelpsgoosetheactionalong.