While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.
Acting
Sinatra's genuinely great—world-weary, witty, surprisingly committed.
Cinematography
Miami pops in lurid Technicolor, all pastels and moral decay.
Costume
Raquel Welch's wardrobe alone deserves co-billing.
Director
Gordon Douglas
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sinatra was 53 playing opposite 28-year-old Welch; their romance was controversial even in 1968, making the 'may-december' keyword hilariously understated.
This was the second Tony Rome film after 1967's 'Tony Rome,' meaning Sinatra tried to launch a detective franchise and nobody remembers. The 60s rejected him.
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