Tony Rome
film by Douglas [1967]
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. Tony Rome (played by Sinatra) is a hard-drinking ex-cop turned private detective who lives on a boat in Miami. His former partner, who operates a local seedy motel, hires Rome to remove a drunken unconscious young woman, Diana Pines (Sue Lyon), from his establishment and to return her to her family’s mansion. Her wealthy father, construction ...(100 of 253 words)