Tony Rome (1967)

A down on his luck Miami private eye (Frank Sinatra) is hired by his ex-partner (Robert J. Wilke) to return a millionaire's daughter (Sue Lyon), who went on a drunken binge and passed out at a cheap motel to her father (Simon Oakland). Based on the novel by Marvin H. Albert and directed by Gordon Douglas. If it had been shot in B&W and directed by Don Siegel and starred Robert Mitchum, this might have made a terrific noir. As it is, it's shot in bright candy pastels in color and Panavision. It has that "ring-a-ding-ding" swinging Sinatra vibes which automatically causes us to take the events portrayed less seriously than we should. It may have one of the most complicated plots since THE BIG SLEEP but lacks that film's style. The large cast includes Gena Rowlands, Jill St. John, Richard Conte, Jeffrey Lynn, Shecky Greene, Lloyd Bochner, Virginia Vincent, Jeanne Cooper and Elisabeth Fraser.