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Lady in Cement (1968)

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.

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Tony Rome is a Miami based detective who while diving in the ocean finds the body of a young woman. He is hired by Gronsky to find her killer. Tony has to sift through a stack of suspects, plus trying to elude the police. Written by Kelly

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A beautiful body under water. A private eye in over his head. See more »

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20 December 1968 (Finland)  »

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Die Lady in Zement  »

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$3,585,000 (estimated)
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When Tony Rome gets in the taxi by the airport, on the side of the cab there is an advertisement for fellow "Rat Pack" member, Dean Martin's restaurant on 79th Street Causeway. See more »

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When Rome goes into the back room of Jilly's, he goes through a glass door with sign writing on it and opens the door with his right hand. The shot as he enters the room shows him opening the door with his left hand and the door is now made of wood and has no sign writing. See more »

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Cop: I don't want to alarm you, ma'am, but there's a killer on the loose.
Kit Forrest: Oh, well if I see one, I'll call you.
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Young Filmmakers could learn from this Film
27 August 2005 | by (Hardwick, Vermont) – See all my reviews

It's unfortunate that the genre of Privae Eye/Caper films is dead. Comtempary flicks of this ilk are vapid and weak compared to this flick and the reason is that the new stuff lacks in "coolness". Sinatra is 'cool'. Dan Blocker, Raquel Welch and Lainie Kazan are real actors not tabloid/celebrates making movies between their appearances on awards shows and Saturday Night Live. The dialog is hip and snappy. Their is no political correctness to be found. There is only the hardcore, survival instincts of people living on the underside of society. The set designs are intense in its detail and the world that is created by this filmmaker is believable despite its garishness. The array of different personalities have not be seen since Gordon Parks' Shaft and the rest of the Black Exploitation films. The person that has come close in recent history has been David Mamet (Heist, House of Games) and the adaptation of James McElroy's novel.


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