- Tony Rome
Infobox Film
name = Tony Rome
caption = original one-sheet poster
director =Gordon Douglas
producer =Aaron Rosenberg
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writer =Marvin H. Albert (novel)Richard L. Breen
starring =Frank Sinatra Jill St. John Richard Conte
music =Lee Hazlewood (title song)Billy May
cinematography =Joseph F. Biroc
editing =Robert L. Simpson
distributor =Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
released =10 November 1967
runtime = 110 min.
country =United States
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language = English
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imdb_id = 0062380"Tony Rome" is a 1967 film directed by
Gordon Douglas , adapted from Marvin Albert's novelMiami Mayhem . The film follows the adventures of Miamiprivate investigator Tony Rome (Sinatra) in his quest to locate a missing jewelry pin that belongs to a wealthy heiress, Diana Pines.Plot
Tony Rome, an ex-cop turned private investigator, lives on a powerboat in Miami. He is asked by his former partner, Ralph Turpin (Robert J. Wilke), to take home a young woman who had been left unconscious in a hotel room. The woman, Diana Kosterman, is the daughter of rich construction magnate Rudolph Kosterman (
Simon Oakland ), who subsequently hires Rome to find out why his daughter is acting so irrationally.Diana, after regaining consciousness, discovers that a diamond brooch, which she had been wearing the night before, has gone missing. Diana and her stepmother (
Gena Rowlands ) also hire Rome, in this instance, to find the lost brooch. This, however, leads Rome into a maze of trouble, all the while being hired and counter-hired by Kosterman, his daughter, and his wife.Trivia
A sequel, "
Lady in Cement ", was made in 1968, again featuring Sinatra as Tony Rome, and co-starringRaquel Welch andDan Blocker .Sinatra had originally been considered for the lead role in another update of the hardboiled detective pictures of the 1940s, "
Harper ". Tony Rome would continue a mid-sixties revival/update of this kind of film, notable entries being the aforementioned "Harper ", "Marlowe ", and "Madigan "."
Nancy Sinatra ", daughter of Frank, sang the film's eponymous title track.Filming took place on location in Miami, Florida, with some scenes being shot during the day at the "
Fountainbleu Hotel ", where Sinatra was performing in the evenings.Critical Reception
Tony Rome was met with good reviews upon release, although not quite the best notice Sinatra had in his career. Nevertheless, it was thought by many that he eased well into the kind of role in which his late friend "
Humphrey Bogart " specialized.Fact|date=June 2008Roger Ebert also reviewed the film. [ [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/19671122/REVIEWS/711220301/1023 Tony Rome :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews ] ]References
External links
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0062380/ Tony Rome (1967)] at the
Internet Movie Database
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