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Lady in Cement

"A beautiful body under water. A private eye in over his head."

1968-11-19 Mystery 1hr 33m

While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.

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While diving for sunken treasure, street-smart gumshoe Tony Rome finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. Soon after, tough guy Waldo Gronski hires him to find a missing woman named Sandra Lomax, and Rome wonders if there's a connection. He sets about trying to locate the woman, and in no time finds himself mixed up with a beautiful party girl and a slippery racketeer.

  • Released
    1968-11-19
  • Revenue
    n/a
  • Budget
    n/a
  • Runtime
    1hr 33m
  • Genre
    Mystery, Crime, Thriller
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    English
  • imdb-logo
    5.8
  • Production
    Arcola Pictures, 20th Century Fox

Crew

Gordon Douglas
Director
Marvin H. Albert
Screenplay
Aaron Rosenberg
Producer
Keywords:
miami, florida diving poker fight ocean yacht detective murder toupee stabbing neo-noir may-december romance

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Cast

Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra
Tony Rome
Raquel Welch

Raquel Welch
Kit Forrest
Richard Conte

Richard Conte
Lt. Dave Santini
Martin Gabel

Martin Gabel
Al Mungar
Lainie Kazan

Lainie Kazan
Maria Baretto
Pat Henry

Pat Henry
Rubin
Steve Peck

Steve Peck
Paul Mungar
Virginia Wood

Virginia Wood
Audrey
Richard Deacon

Richard Deacon
Arnie Sherwin
Frank Raiter

Frank Raiter
Danny Yale
Peter Hock

Peter Hock
Frenchy
Alex Stevens

Alex Stevens
Shev
Christine Todd

Christine Todd
Sandra Lomax
Mac Robbins

Mac Robbins
Sidney the organizer
Tommy Uhlar

Tommy Uhlar
The Kid, Tighe Santini
Rey Baumel

Rey Baumel
Paco
Pauly Dash

Pauly Dash
McComb
Andy Jarrell

Andy Jarrell
Pool Boy
Dan Blocker

Dan Blocker
Waldo Gronsky
Joe E. Lewis

Joe E. Lewis
Self (uncredited)
Bunny Yeager

Bunny Yeager
Bunny Fjord - Swedish Masseuse (uncredited)

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-02

Stay Loose! Lady in Cement is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Marvin H. Albert (from his own novel) and Jack Guss... read more

Stay Loose! Lady in Cement is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Marvin H. Albert (from his own novel) and Jack Guss. It stars Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Maria Baretto and Dan Blocker. Music is by Hugo Montenegro and cinematography is by Joseph F. Biroc. While diving for sunken treasure, Private Investigator Tony Rome (Sinatra) finds the body of a gorgeous blonde, her feet stuck in a block of cement. When he is hired to find a missing woman by Waldo Gronsky (Blocker), Rome thinks there might be a connection with the lady in cement. Soon, though, Rome finds himself mixed up with dodgy underworld types and the beautiful Kit Forrest (Welch)… A sequel to the previous year's hit Tony Rome, this follow up mixes raw cynicism with a colourful tone to present a Chendleresque detective thriller. The Florida settings are most pleasing, and act as a sort of bum steer since they hide some of the murk that Rome has to wade through. Sinatra quips away hard-boiled style, Blocker steals the film as a serious muscle head, while Welch is a sex bomb picture. This was the winding down period of Sinatra's movie career, and thus there was a tendency of critics to suggest he was just marking time here in this one. This isn't so, he's having fun in the role (again), and since he also made the far darker (and superior) "The Detective" this same year, he was hardly sleep-walking through his roles. Lady in Cement keeps itself busy, violent and cheekily sexy, whilst simultaneously giving us a detective mystery that never bores. 7/10

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-06-03

Frank Sinatra is "Tony Rome", a gent swimming along minding his own business when he comes across a body, a lady's body - wearing concrete W... read more

Frank Sinatra is "Tony Rome", a gent swimming along minding his own business when he comes across a body, a lady's body - wearing concrete Wellingtons. How came she to such a watery end? Well, he sets off to find out in this really pretty crummy follow up to "Tony Rome" from a year earlier. His character is really pretty undercooked and there really isn't much chemistry between himself and co-star Raquel Welch who isn't really on very good form either. The detection element of the storyline here is almost incidental, and though that plot - what there is of it - moseys along well enough, it's all just a bit too insubstantial, even contrived, to sustain much interest once the benchmark for his wise-cracking, to cool for school look, has been established. There is quite an amusing scene when he sits watching telly with Dan Blocker and you hear the "Bonanza" theme tune, but for the rest of it, this is merely an adequate vehicle for two stars who both appeared to me to have wished that they were somewhere else.

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A Review by John Chard

Stay Loose! Lady in Cement is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Marvin H. Albert (from his own novel) and Jack Guss. It stars Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Martin Gabel, Lainie Kazan, Maria Baretto and...

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A Review by John Chard 7

Written by John Chard on 2020-02-02

Stay Loose! Lady in Cement is directed by Gordon Douglas and adapted to screenplay by Marvin H. Albert (from his own novel) and Jack Guss. It stars Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, Marti...

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A Review by Geronimo1967 6

Written by Geronimo1967 on 2023-06-03

Frank Sinatra is "Tony Rome", a gent swimming along minding his own business when he comes across a body, a lady's body - wearing concrete Wellingtons. How came she to such a watery end? Well, he sets...

read more