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Release Date: 1967

Cast: Jeffrey Lynn, Gena Rowlands, Richard Conte, Frank Sinatra, Richard Krisher, Jill St. John, Robert J. Wilke, Sue Lyon, Joan Shawlee, Lloyd Bochner, Simon Oakland, Virginia Vincent

Categories: Movies, Mystery, Crime Thriller, Detective Fiction, Thriller, Detective

Tony Rome is a 1967 detective film starring Frank Sinatra and directed by Gordon Douglas, adapted from Marvin Albert's novel Miami Mayhem. Filming took place on location in Miami, Florida, with some scenes being shot during the day at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, where Sinatra was performing in the evenings. The story follows the adventures of Miami private investigator Tony Rome (Sinatra) in his quest to locate a missing diamond pin that belongs to a wealthy heiress. Nancy Sinatra, daughter of Frank, sang the film's eponymous title track which appears on her album, Nancy Sinatra, The... MORE

Tony Rome is a 1967 detective film starring Frank Sinatra and directed by Gordon Douglas, adapted from Marvin Albert's novel Miami Mayhem. Filming took place on location in Miami, Florida, with some scenes being shot during the day at the Fontainebleau Miami Beach, where Sinatra was performing in the evenings. The story follows the adventures of Miami private investigator Tony Rome (Sinatra) in his quest to locate a missing diamond pin that belongs to a wealthy heiress. Nancy Sinatra, daughter of Frank, sang the film's eponymous title track which appears on her album, Nancy Sinatra, The Hit Years (Rhino Records, Inc.). A sequel, Lady In Cement, was made in 1968, again featuring Sinatra as Tony Rome, and co-starring Raquel Welch and Dan Blocker. Both films are examples of a late-sixties neo-noir trend that revived and updated the hardboiled detective and police dramas of the 1940s. Sinatra had originally been considered for the lead role as the tough private eye in Harper (1966), but lost out to Paul Newman. Other films in this genre include Point Blank (1967), Bullitt (1968), Madigan (1968), Marlowe (1969), and The Detective (1968) starring Sinatra. Tony Rome, The Detective, and LESS