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Tony Rome: Directed by Gordon Douglas. With Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands. Tough Miami P.I., Tony Rome's hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. In the search, he has several encounters with local hoods as well as the Miami's police.
- Gordon Douglas
- 3 min
Sep 23, 2017 · Cop-turned-private detective Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) lives on a powerboat in Miami. In a captain’s hat and a yellow turtle-neck, he is enjoying the sunshine when he gets a call from Ralph Turpin. The pair were partners in the police but now hate each other.
Surprisingly, however, "Tony Rome" actually is a detective story of the Bogart type. Sinatra is no Bogart, which won't come as news, and "Tony Rome" is no " The Maltese Falcon ." But it plays the detective game by the rules, and that's something.
Tony Rome is a 1967 American Neo Noir detective film starring Frank Sinatra and directed by Gordon Douglas, adapted from Marvin H. Albert's novel Miami Mayhem. It also stars Jill St. John, Sue Lyon and Gena Rowlands.
- Gordon Douglas
Today he wakes up on the boat where he lives in a Miami port and gets a message from his old partner: he Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) was a cop until he became disillusioned with the force and now makes his living as a private detective - but even that barely covers his gambling debts.
Tony Rome, American crime film, released in 1967, that featured a memorable performance by Frank Sinatra in the title role. It was among the “neo-noir” movies of the late 1960s that sought to revive and modernize the hard-boiled detective film noirs of the 1940s.
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This entertaining private-eye story features Frank Sinatra in his first hard-boiled detective role as Tony Rome, a former cop who lives a Travis McGee kind of life on his boat in Miami....
