Tony Rome

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Ashley H Tony Rome is an okay film. It is about a Miami P.I. who is hired by a millionaire to find jewelry stolen from his daughter. Frank Sinatra and Jill St. John give decent performances. The screenplay is a little slow in places. Gordon Douglas did an alright job directing this movie. I liked this motion picture because of the drama and mystery. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 03/04/24 Full Review delysid d i was pretty confused by this, pretty stale Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/17/21 Full Review Audience Member Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) is an ex-cop turned private investigator who lives on a powerboat in Miami called "The Straight Pass". This a reference to the fact that Tony also has a gambling problem. He is asked by his former partner, Ralph Turpin (Robert J. Wilke), to take home a young woman who had been left unconscious in a hotel room. The woman, Diana Pines (Sue Lyon), is the daughter of rich construction magnate Rudolph Kosterman (Simon Oakland), who subsequently hires Rome to find out why his daughter is acting so irrationally. After regaining consciousness, Diana discovers that a diamond pin that she had been wearing the night before has gone missing. Diana and her stepmother Rita (Gena Rowlands) hire Rome to find the lost pin. Rome is chloroformed and beaten by a pair of thugs, and Turpin is found murdered in Rome's office. Lt. Dave Santini (Richard Conte) of the Miami police investigates the crime scene and demands information from Rome, who is an old friend. Rome gets help from a seductive divorcee, Ann Archer (Jill St. John). An attempt is made on Kosterman's life, and a jeweler is found murdered... "Tony Rome" was met with mixed reviews upon release. Many film critics felt that he was paying homage to his late friend Humphrey Bogart since he was part of the original "Rat Pack" and had dated (and nearly married) Bogart's widow Lauren Bacall. However, Sinatra created his own version of the private detective, making him a more jaunty and less dour incarnation than Bogart's famous characterizations. Roger Ebert gave the film 3 out of 4 stars. "Tony Rome" is the first Frank Sinatra/Tony Rome film, which is average in my opinion. Wishy washy storyline, wobbly acting, wobbly editing and a Sinatra on halfspeed. I did like the title song by Nancy Sinatra and it´s always a pleasure to see the lovely Jill St John. Trivia: The character Tony Rome appeared in three novels by Marvin H. Albert in the early 1960s: "Miami Mayhem" (filmed as Tony Rome (1967), "Lady in Cement" and "My Kind of Game". Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/21/23 Full Review Audience Member After seeing Sinatra's 'The Detective' and enjoying it, I decided to see his earlier-made 'Tony Rome', also directed by Gordon Douglas. This was very enjoyable and I loved the star-filled supporting cast...especially Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands and even boxing great Rocky Graziano (I had earlier loved the Paul Newman-starred biopic on Graziano, 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'). Solid...and I look forward to seeing its sequel, 'Lady in Cement'... Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Pedestrian, slow, episodic. Just blah. Forgettable. Not even The gorgeous Jill St John playing a cheeky, smirking wannabe floozy on the arm of Old Blue Eyes himself could save this. I only watched this one bc it has better ratings than Lady In Cement - a more initially dazzling gumshoe mystery flick. A touch more streamlined than this one, yet still sides into being episodic after the underwater intrigue is over. Tony Rome - 2 out of 5 Lady In Cement - 3 out of 5 Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member After seeing Sinatra's 'The Detective' and enjoying it, I decided to see his earlier-made 'Tony Rome', also directed by Gordon Douglas. This was very enjoyable and I loved the star-filled supporting cast...especially Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands and even boxing great Rocky Graziano (I had earlier loved the Paul Newman-starred biopic on Graziano, 'Somebody Up There Likes Me'). Solid...and I look forward to seeing its sequel, 'Lady in Cement'... Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 02/24/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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