TONY ROME (1967) ¢ ¢ ¢
D: Gordon Douglas
Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte,
Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Sue Lyon,
Lloyd Bochner, Rocky Graziano, Shecky Greene
Equipped with an arsenal of wisecracks and a hairpiece that looks like a million bucks, Frank Sinatra checks in as Tony Rome, a Miami private eye who lives on a boat, bets on the ponies, eyes every woman who crosses his radar, and gets into all kinds of trouble trying to track down some missing diamonds. How you respond to this will depend on how you feel about its mercurial star. It's designed to fit his persona like one of his perfectly tailored suits, from his punk sophistication (and underlying combativeness) to his frank (or Frank) appraisal of Jill St. John's butt. Followed by a sequel, "Lady In Cement".
