Director:
Gordon Douglas
Year: 1968
Rating: 7.0
Rating: 7.0
Tony Rome is back the following year again
with Gordon Douglas directing and based on a book by Marvin Albert who wrote
three Tony Rome novels. Sinatra is of course back as well. Jill St. John has
moved on but his new flame isn't bad - Raquel Welch who we first meet in
a bikini coming out of a pool. As Rome says "You would look good in a paper
napkin". Most definitely. This one doesn't match up to the first Tony Rome
- more Miami sleaze - but the story doesn't really make much sense. I never
quite figured out why a few folks were killed.
Out diving, Rome discovers a blonde. A dead one. In cement about 40 feet under water surrounded by sharks. Not his problem as he hands it over to the cops but Rome always seems to get caught up in murder and dames. In a nod to Farewell My Lovely, a man as big and mean as a truck asks him to look for his missing girlfriend. He is played by Dan Blocker and at one point the theme to Bonanza plays on the TV. Looking for his girlfriend turns out to be deadly as Rome has to deal with a nasty gay club owner, the mob and Raquel as a wealthy widow who may be a killer. Good film but feels a bit rushed and more routine.
Out diving, Rome discovers a blonde. A dead one. In cement about 40 feet under water surrounded by sharks. Not his problem as he hands it over to the cops but Rome always seems to get caught up in murder and dames. In a nod to Farewell My Lovely, a man as big and mean as a truck asks him to look for his missing girlfriend. He is played by Dan Blocker and at one point the theme to Bonanza plays on the TV. Looking for his girlfriend turns out to be deadly as Rome has to deal with a nasty gay club owner, the mob and Raquel as a wealthy widow who may be a killer. Good film but feels a bit rushed and more routine.