Tony Rome
Tony Rome is a 1967 American neo-noir mystery crime thriller film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra in the title role, alongside Jill St. John, Sue Lyon and Gena Rowlands. It was adapted from Marvin H. Albert's novel Miami Mayhem.
Plot
Tony Rome is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami, Florida, called ‘Straight Pass’. This is a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem. He is asked by his former partner, Ralph Turpin, to take home a young woman who had been left unconscious in a hotel room.
More details
author | Richard L. Breen |
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contentLocation | Miami |
director | Gordon Douglas |
editor | Robert L. Simpson |
genre | crime mystery thriller |
keywords | act biological mother crime scene former partner gamble hotel room kill murder old friend private investigator solve young woman |
musicBy | Lee Hazlewood |
producer | Aaron Rosenberg |
productionCompany | Arcola Pictures |
theme | neo-noir |