IMDb plot summary: During an ocean dive, Miami gumshoe Tony Rome finds a woman's body with its feet encased in a concrete block and sets-out to solve the murder case.
Directed by Gordon Douglas. Starring Frank Sinatra, Raquel Welch, Richard Conte, and Martin Gabel.
What a strange tone this movie strikes. It's got all the trappings of a typical noir, including the far-too-many-characters and far-too-many-layers frustrations I have with most of them, but it's also got this extremely dry sense of humor that feels more overtly comedic than most noir detectives' cynical wit, and then we've also got this jaunty, almost goofy, soundtrack to go along with it. It definitely ends up feeling more like silly crime comedy than serious noir, but I can't quite tell if that was its intention.
How it entered my Flickchart:
Lady in Cement < Muppet Treasure Island
Lady in Cement < Spaceballs
Lady in Cement > A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935)
Lady in Cement < Anastasia
Lady in Cement > Gomorrah
Lady in Cement > In Cold Blood
Lady in Cement < Scarface
Lady in Cement > The House with Closed Shutters
Lady in Cement < One Hour Photo
Lady in Cement < Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Lady in Cement > Move Over, Darling
Final spot: #2554 out of 3101.
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