Frank Sinatra starred in a movie.
Frank Sinatra . Toward the end of his career , he became associated with playing detectives , including the title character in Tony Rome ( 1967 ) . The Manchurian Candidate is a 1962 American black and white neo-noir Cold War suspense thriller , scripted by George Axelrod , from the Richard Condon novel , produced by Axelrod and John Frankenheimer , directed by Frankenheimer , and starring Frank Sinatra , Laurence Harvey , and Janet Leigh ; co-starring are Angela Lansbury , Henry Silva , and James Gregory . Tony Rome is a 1967 American Neo Noir detective film starring Frank Sinatra and directed by Gordon Douglas , adapted from Marvin H. Albert 's novel Miami Mayhem .