In 1967's Tony Rome, Frank Sinatra plays a tough as nails detective in this "neo-noir" adaptation of a detective novel by Marvin H. Albert.
"The Chairman of the Board" and the Fabulous Jill St. John on location at Miami Beach
This movie just seeps cool. From the opening showing Sinatra aboard Tony Rome's houseboat with daughter Nancy Sinatra singing the swinging theme song, Tony Rome is the stereotypical swinging 60s crime drama.
Tony talks with his beautiful client (Sue Lyon)
Sinatra plays this like he just walked on the set and started playing himself. Apparently every woman in Miami beach is totally horny and ready to drop her panties for Tony. Of course, Tony's too busy to be bedding some broad at the moment cause he's got a case to solve.
The plot is almost irrelevant. This movie was really just an excuse for the Chairman of the Board to swagger around smoking and drinking and exchange a lot of snappy dialogue with the other actors. The other cast members include some fabulous babes like Jill St. John, and Sue Lyon.
The convuluted plot involves a quarter of a million dollars worth of missing jewelry and the murder of Tony's former partner. Tony shows us how to act cool even when the bad guys get the jump on him. Tony even gets his ass beat in style!
Tony interrogates a witness
The movie was filmed on location in Miami Beach which only adds to the atmosphere of pure cool. the film was directed by Gordon Douglas and based upon Marvin Alpert's novel Miami Mayhem. The Bad Catholic gives it three out of five gumshoes.
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