Tony Rome

Tony Rome is a private investigator in Miami who lives aboard a houseboat. A wealthy local businessman, Rudy Kosterman, hires him after his daughter Ann is found drunk and unconscious in a hotel room, apparently to keep the incident quiet and recover a diamond pin that has gone missing. The search draws Rome into the family's private troubles and brings him into repeated contact with local criminals and the Miami Beach police, including Lieutenant Dave Santini. What begins as a favor turns into something considerably more dangerous.

The film was directed by Gordon Douglas and written by Richard L. Breen, with Aaron Rosenberg producing for 20th Century Fox and Arcola Pictures. It was Douglas's twelfth film as director in chronological order, following Stagecoach in 1966 and preceding Chuka in 1967. Frank Sinatra plays Tony Rome, with Jill St. John as Ann Archer, Richard Conte as Lieutenant Santini, Gena Rowlands as Rita Kosterman, Simon Oakland as Rudy Kosterman and Robert J. Wilke as Ralph Turpin. Twenty-four cast members are credited.

Made on a budget of 3 million dollars, the film runs 110 minutes. Audience response has been moderate: on IMDb it holds 6.5 out of 10 from around 3,600 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.4 out of 10 from a much smaller number of votes, suggesting a modest but persistent following rather than broad acclaim.