Lady in Cement (1968)

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writers:

Marvin H. Albert (novel)
Marvin H. Albert (screenplay)

Release Date:

20 December 1968 (Finland)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

This Is The Action Picture!

Plot:

Tony Rome is a miami based detective who while diving in the ocean finds the body of a young woman. He is hired by Gronsky to find her killer...

Plot Keywords:

Detective | Shark | Craps | Mortuary | Painting

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Tony Rome
Raquel Welch	...	Kit Forrest
Richard Conte	...	Lt. Dave Santini
Martin Gabel	...	Al Mungar
Lainie Kazan	...	Maria Baretto
Pat Henry	...	Rubin
Steve Peck	...	Paul Mungar (as Steven Peck)
Virginia Wood	...	Audrey
Richard Deacon	...	Arnie Sherwin
Frank Raiter	...	Danny Yale
Peter Hock	...	Frenchy
Alex Stevens	...	Shev
Christine Todd	...	Sandra Lomax
Mac Robbins	...	Sidney the organizer
Tommy Uhlar	...	The Kid, Tighe Santini

Runtime:

93 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono | Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Germany:12 (re-rating) (2005) | UK:15 (re-rating) (2005) | West Germany:16 (original rating) | UK:X (original rating) | USA:R (original rating) | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG (re-rating) (1972)

Filming Locations:

Miami Beach, Florida, USA

Company:

Arcola Pictures

Trivia:

Sinatra says that he knew a girl that used to date bullfighters, a reference to Ava Gardner's affair with a matador when filming The Barefoot Contessa (1954) in Spain.

Goofs:

Plot holes: A local TV station would never break into the broadcast of a national program (especially one like Daniel Boone, aimed at children and families) to announce the murder of the owner of a two-bit go-go club.

Quotes:

Cop: I don't want to alarm you, ma'am, but there's a killer on the loose.
Kit Forrest: Oh, well if I see one, I'll call you.

Movie Connections:

Features "Daniel Boone" (1964)

Soundtrack:

You Make Me Feel So Young

Sinatra sleepwalking

Follow-up to 1967's "Tony Rome" is saddled with a tired plot concerning a murdered blonde in Florida and the investigation led by detective Frank Sinatra. Movie gets a much-needed shot in the arm from sexy Raquel Welch as a wealthy woman indirectly involved (she makes her entrance emerging from a swimming pool--bikini clad of course!). Sinatra himself looks rather weary and impatient, tossing off jaded quips without any subtlety, but there are two great supporting performances: Dan Blocker as a shady character fond of twisting heads around and Lainie Kazan as a go-go girl (she has just one smoky sequence, and it's a killer). Otherwise, pretty rote. **1/2 from ****