 The scene where Mitch McDeere meets with the Morolto mob in the  Peabody Hotel was not filmed at the Peabody. The scene was filmed in  a private apartment in the Shrine Building in downtown Memphis. The  occupant of the apartment was paid to allow the studio to move out  all of his belongings, and he stayed at the Peabody until the scene  was filmed. The Peabody was not used in the scene because the hotel  has an obstructed view of the Mississippi River, where as the Shrine  is closer.