Tony Rome

Tony Rome
Original one-sheet poster
Directed byGordon Douglas
Screenplay byRichard L. Breen
Based onMiami Mayhem
1960 novel
by Marvin Albert
Produced byAaron Rosenberg
StarringFrank Sinatra
Jill St. John
Richard Conte
Sue Lyon
CinematographyJoseph F. Biroc
Edited byRobert L. Simpson
Music byLee Hazlewood (title song)
Billy May
Color processDeLuxe Color
Production
company
Arcola Pictures
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • November 10, 1967 (1967-11-10)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3.5 million[1]
Box office$4 million[2]

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.

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.

A sequel, Lady in Cement, was made in 1968, again featuring Sinatra as Tony Rome, and co-starring Raquel Welch and Dan Blocker. Appearing in both films was Richard Conte as Miami police lieutenant Dave Santini.

Both films are examples of a late-1960s neo-noir trend that revived and updated the hard-boiled detective and police dramas of the 1940s. Other films in this genre include The Detective (1968), which also starred Sinatra, as well as Point Blank (1967), Bullitt (1968), Madigan (1968) and Marlowe (1969).

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p255
  2. ^ "All-Time B.O. Champs", Variety, 3 January 1968 p 25. Please note these figures refer to rentals accruing to the distributors.