Lady in Cement
| Lady in Cement | |
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Promotional film poster
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| Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
| Produced by | Aaron Rosenberg |
| Screenplay by | Jack Guss |
| Based on |
The Lady in Cement 1961 novel by Marvin H. Albert |
| Starring |
Frank Sinatra Raquel Welch Richard Conte |
| Music by | Hugo Montenegro |
| Cinematography | Joseph F. Biroc |
| Edited by | Robert L. Simpson |
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Production
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Arcola Pictures
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| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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Running time
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93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $3,585,000 |
Lady in Cement is a 1968 Neo Noir detective film, directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Dan Blocker, Martin Gabel and Richard Conte.
A sequel to the 1967 film Tony Rome, and based on the novel by Marvin H. Albert, Lady in Cement was released on November 20, 1968.
While diving off the Miami coast seeking one of the eleven fabled Spanish Galleons sunk in 1591, private investigator Tony Rome (Frank Sinatra) discovers a dead woman, her feet encased in cement, at the bottom of the ocean.
Rome reports this to Lieutenant Dave Santini (Richard Conte) and thinks little more of the incident, until Waldo Gronski (Dan Blocker) hires him to find a missing woman, Sandra Lomax.
Gronski has little in the way of affluence, so he allows Rome to pawn his watch to retain his services.
After investigating the local hotspots and picking up on a few names, Rome soon comes across Kit Forrester (Raquel Welch), whose party Sandra Lomax was supposed to have attended.
Rome’s talking to Forrester raises the ire of racketeer Al Mungar (Martin Gabel), a supposedly reformed gangster who looks after Kit’s interests.
Thinking there may be a connection between Lomax, Forrester and Mungar, Rome starts probing into their backgrounds and begins a romantic relationship with Kit.
With both cops and crooks chasing him and the omnipresent Gronski breathing down his neck, Rome finds himself deep in a case which provides few answers.
Opening to mixed reviews, Lady in Cement is generally considered to be a middling sequel to Tony Rome. Critic Roger Ebert gave faint praise in a generally scathing review by commenting: “In the movie's few good scenes, Sinatra once again painfully reminds us what a controlled, effective actor he is.” Variety noted that “Dan Blocker is excellent as a sympathetic heavy,” whilst John Maloney liked the “fresher script” and “sharp direction.”
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