Directed by:
Gordon DouglasScreenplay:
Richard L. BreenCinematography:
Joseph F. BirocComposer:
Billy MayCast:
Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Gena Rowlands, Simon Oakland, Jeffrey Lynn, Robert J. Wilke, Virginia Vincent, Joan Shawlee, Sue Lyon (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
The beautiful daughter of a wealthy industrialist turns up drunk and unconscious in a hotel room. To avoid a scandal the hotel house detective hires his former partner, private detective Tony Rome, to sober her up and escort her home. The next day, the girl's diamond pin is mysteriously missing. Arriving back at his houseboat, Tony is greeted by a pair of thugs who knock him out and tear his boat apart, desperate to find the pin. Tony's problems are just beginning, When he gets to his office he's in for a grisly surprise. His ex-partner is waiting for him with a bullet through his head. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Frank Sinatra
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Anchors Aweigh (1945)
From Here to Eternity (1953)
Jill St. John
USA
Best movies:
The Player (1992)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971)
Sitting Target (1972)
Richard Conte
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather Trilogy: 1901-1980 (1992) (TV movie)
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather (1972)
Gena Rowlands
USA
Best movies:
Persepolis (2007)
Night on Earth (1991)
The Notebook (2004)
Simon Oakland
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
Psycho (1960)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
Jeffrey Lynn
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
BUtterfield 8 (1960)
A Letter to Three Wives (1949)
Robert J. Wilke
USA
Best movies:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Spartacus (1960)
San Francisco (1936)
Virginia Vincent
USA
Best movies:
Love with the Proper Stranger (1963)
Change of Habit (1969)
I Want to Live! (1958)
Joan Shawlee
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Apartment (1960)
Sue Lyon
USA
Best movies:
Lolita (1962)
The Night of the Iguana (1964)
7 Women (1966)
Robert 'Buzz' Henry
USA
Best movies:
El Dorado (1966)
Von Ryan's Express (1965)
Spencer's Mountain (1963)
Tiffany Bolling
USA
Best movies:
Tony Rome (1967)
Kingdom of the Spiders (1977)
The Candy Snatchers (1973)
Linda Dano
USA
Best movies:
Hello, Dolly! (1969)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
Star! (1968)
Rocky Graziano
USA
Best movies:
Tony Rome (1967)
Jeanne Cooper
USA
Best movies:
The Redhead from Wyoming (1953)
The Boston Strangler (1968)
The Stranger (1962)
Lloyd Bochner
Canada
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Naked Gun 2 1/2: The Smell of Fear (1991)
Columbo (1971) (series)
Lloyd Gough
USA
Best movies:
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Storm Warning (1951)
Funny Girl (1968)
Elisabeth Fraser
USA
Best movies:
The Graduate (1967)
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Seconds (1966)
Deanna Lund
USA
Best movies:
Paradise, Hawaiian Style (1966)
Tony Rome (1967)
Spinout (1966)
Shecky Greene
USA
Best movies:
History of the World: Part I (1981)
Tony Rome (1967)
Splash (1984)