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Director:
Gordon Douglas
Writers:
Marvin H. Albert (novel)
Marvin H. Albert (screenplay)
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Release Date:
20 December 1968 (Finland) more
Genre:
Comedy | Crime | Mystery | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
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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... more | add synopsis
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LADY IN CEMENT (Gordon Douglas, 1968) **1/2 more (25 total)

Cast

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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
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Runtime:
93 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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 more
Company:
Arcola Pictures more

Fun Stuff

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. more
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. more
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.
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Movie Connections:
Features "Daniel Boone" (1964) more
Soundtrack:
You Make Me Feel So Young more

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LADY IN CEMENT (Gordon Douglas, 1968) **1/2, 27 May 2008
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Author: MARIO GAUCI (marrod@melita.com) from Naxxar, Malta

To begin with, though it didn't do well at the box-office and is clearly inferior to its predecessor, this isn't that bad a sequel to TONY ROME (1967). The mystery this time around is more clear-cut because it starts off with a body (the titular figure); eventually, the hero (once again played by Frank Sinatra) himself is incriminated – leading to him falling out with his cop friend Richard Conte!

The female roles aren't as effective, however: Lainie Kazan makes a good impression as a go-go dancer but, despite her high billing, is restricted to just one sequence!; as for leading lady Raquel Welch, she's okay but no match for Jill St. John from the original (the script relies a bit too much on Welch's glamorous presence alone to carry the role) – and there isn't even that much chemistry between her and Sinatra! With this in mind, the star strikes up an unlikely alliance throughout with beefy and imposing Dan Blocker (from the Western TV series "Bonanza") – which gives a humorous vein to the generally hard-boiled proceedings and immediately reminds one of the Philip Marlowe/Moose Malloy partnership in MURDER, MY SWEET aka FAREWELL, MY LOVELY (1944).

Again, most of the suspects in the case are unsavory characters – from former mobsters (now ostensibly leading a respectable life) to homosexuals (remnants perhaps from Sinatra's previous collaboration with director Douglas, THE DETECTIVE [1968]). Incidentally, while the mystery in the original led to an unexpected revelation, the clues here point to either Welch or Blocker but – predictably – the identity of the real culprit is much more obvious; for what it's worth, the script was co-written by Marvin H. Albert, who created the Tony Rome character in the first place on the written page!

Miami – in all its aspects – still acts as an alluring yet dangerous backdrop to the sex and violence going on; however, Rome even gets to fight the inhabitants of the ocean as a number of sharks are attracted to the 'lady in cement' in the opening sequence! Similarly, the bouncy score supplied by Hugo Montenegro emerges to be a definite plus. One final thing: apparently, Joe E. Lewis – the singer-turned-comedian played by none other than Sinatra in THE JOKER IS WILD (1957) – puts in an appearance here as himself!

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