Incredibly Frank Sinatra's Tony Rome private eye character is back in a sequel to the first under performing film. While treasure hunting, Sinatra finds a naked dead woman with her feet stuck in a bucket of cement at the bottom of the ocean. So the viewer is off with another Tony Rome adventure as he romances the babes again and wisecracks his way through the case yet again.
The director Gordon Douglas returns probably because he is some kind of masochist when it comes to making films with Frank Sinatra. The music is by Hugo Montenegro a composer who is best known for his peppy I Dream of Jeannie TV series theme
Well what can you say about the cast. Richard Conte, Marin Gable, Lanie Kazan and Dan Blocker are in it. Blocker in the ads is frequently referred to as Dan "Bonanza" Blocker a reference to the long running television series he was a part of.
This time Raquel Welch, 20th Century Fox's resident contract sex symbol gets to endure Sinatra's misogynistic behavior. Anything for the great art of film I guess.
Two writers were involved it this mess, Jack Guss and Marvin H. Albert the original author of the novel Lady In Cement. Yes you read that right this film is actually based on a novel.
The running time is 94 minutes. Lady In Cement was also an under performer at the box office which insured there would be no more Tony Rome films.
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