Sinatra 'Almost Got Caught Carrying $3.5m Mafia Cash'

The Telegraph (UK) ^ | 5-5-2005 | Catherine Elsworth

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

me too - low life mobster wannabe.

[fat city]

Yeah- I lived in NO many years ago but actually the name comes from the nickname of my old army unit even more years ago.

[ditto h]

I never cared for Sinatra...he couldn't sing very well.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Thanks I heard that was good so I'll have to catch that one as well.

[Tribune7]

super cool

[itsahoot]

1. Young at Heart (1995) (TV) .... Guest Appearance
2. Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (voice) (archive sound) .... Singing Sword
3. Cannonball Run II (1984) .... Frank Sinatra
4. Sinatra: The Man and His Music (1981) (TV) .... Star
5. The First Deadly Sin (1980) .... Edward Delaney
6. Contract on Cherry Street (1977) (TV) .... Dep. Insp. Frank Hovannes, Organized Crime Unit (OCU) ... aka Stakeout on Cherry Street
7. Dirty Dingus Magee (1970) .... Dingus Billy Magee
8. Lady in Cement (1968) .... Tony Rome
9. The Detective (1968) .... Det. Joe Leland
10. Tony Rome (1967) .... Tony Rome
11. The Naked Runner (1967) .... Sam Laker
12. Assault on a Queen (1966) .... Mark Brittain
13. Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) .... Vince Talmadge
14. Marriage on the Rocks (1965) .... Dan Edwards
15. Von Ryan's Express (1965) .... Col. Joseph L. Ryan
16. None But the Brave (1965) .... Chief Pharmacist Mate ... aka Yusha nomi (Japan)
17. Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) .... Robbo
18. 4 for Texas (1963) .... Zack Thomas
19. A New Kind of Love (1963) .... Singer behind opening credits
20. Come Blow Your Horn (1963) .... Alan Baker
21. The List of Adrian Messenger (1963) .... Cameo
22. The Manchurian Candidate (1962) .... Capt./Maj. Bennett Marco
23. Advise and Consent (1962) (voice) (uncredited) .... Club 602 Singer
24. The Road to Hong Kong (1962) (uncredited) .... The 'Twig' on plutomium
25. Sergeants 3 (1962) .... Mike Merry
26. The Devil at 4 O'Clock (1961) .... Harry
27. Pepe (1960) .... Cameo appearance
28. Ocean's Eleven (1960) .... Danny Ocean
29. Can-Can (1960) .... François Durnais
30. Never So Few (1959) .... Capt. Tom Reynolds ... aka Campaign Burma (USA: alternative title)
31. A Hole in the Head (1959) .... Tony Manetta
32. Some Came Running (1958) .... Dave Hirsh
33. Kings Go Forth (1958) .... 1st Lt. Sam Loggins
34. Pal Joey (1957) .... Joey Evans
35. The Joker Is Wild (1957) .... Joe E. Lewis
... aka All the Way (USA: reissue title)
... aka The Joker (USA)
36. The Pride and the Passion (1957) .... Miguel 37. Around the World in Eighty Days (1956) .... Saloon Pianist 38. Johnny Concho (1956) .... Johnny Concho aka Johnny Collins 39. High Society (1956) .... Mike Connor 40. Meet Me in Las Vegas (1956) (uncredited) .... Cameo appearance ... aka Viva Las Vegas! (UK) 41. The Man with the Golden Arm (1955) .... Frankie Machine 42. The Tender Trap (1955) .... Charlie Y. Reader 43. Guys and Dolls (1955) .... Nathan Detroit 44. Not as a Stranger (1955) .... Alfred Boone ... aka Morton Thompson's Not as a Stranger (USA: complete title) 45. Young at Heart (1954) .... Barney Sloan 46. Suddenly (1954) .... John Baron 47. From Here to Eternity (1953) .... Pvt. Angelo Maggio 48. Meet Danny Wilson (1952) .... Danny Wilson 49. Double Dynamite (1951) .... Johnny Dalton ... aka It's Only Money 50. "The Frank Sinatra Show" (1950) TV Series .... Host 51. On the Town (1949) .... Chip 52. Take Me Out to the Ball Game (1949) .... Dennis Ryan ... aka Everybody's Cheering (UK) 53. The Kissing Bandit (1948) .... Ricardo 54. The Miracle of the Bells (1948) .... Father Paul 55. It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) .... Danny Webson Miller 56. Till the Clouds Roll by (1946) .... Finale specialty 57. Anchors Aweigh (1945) .... Clarence Doolittle 58. Step Lively (1944) .... Glen Russell 59. Higher and Higher (1944) .... Frank Sinatra 60. Ship Ahoy (1942) (uncredited) .... Singer in Tommy Dorsey Orchestra 61. Las Vegas Nights (1941) (uncredited) .... Singer in Tommy Dorsey's Band ... aka The Gay City (UK)

[Muleteam1]

The African Queen was probably the best of Bogart's films but then I like Katharine Hepburn. They had the actual African Queen boat at the 1984 World's Fair at New Orleans. It was actually a pretty small boat.

I too like the old films. I'm even into the old blame-it-on-the atomic-bomb sci-films. Probably has to do with my life-long fascination with the southwestern deserts. I have quite a collection of these old B&W films. A middle-school-aged Spielberg could have easily done any of these old corny films.

Muleteam1

[Reaganwuzthebest]

There's a funny Abbott and Costello movie on right now :)

[ErnBatavia]

Never liked Sinatra myself and always thought of him as the biggest rat in the Pack.

Pretty much my thoughts also; a scumbag of a human being who was a minimally talented lounge singer who was in exactly the right time at the right place.

That criticism being dumped on him, he by all rights was an extremely generous man, charity-wise. His handlers assured him a better legacy by instituting this.

[cubreporter]

From Here to Eternity
Man with a Golden Arm

[Muleteam1]

Your screen name made me recall the times when Fat City traffic would back up across my driveway in Metairie every Mardi Gras.

Muleteam1

[cubreporter]

Amen.

[Reaganwuzthebest]

Sinatra did do some good movies. After watching "Suddenly" I got the feeling Lee Harvey Oswald saw it too.

[Muleteam1]

I really cannot offer any details as to why Sinatra was not appealing to me. To most people I think he was very well-liked. I just didn't click with his personality I guess.

Muleteam1

[Reaganwuzthebest]

I too like the old films.

To me the acting was a lot better in many of them and they were loaded with beautiful women. And quite a few of the comedy movies were actually funny.

[Dont_Tread_On_Me_888]

I thought it was Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, and WhatsHisName... related to the Kennedys at one time....

"WhatsHisName" is Peter Lawford, and you can add Joey Bishop to the list. Many also forget that Shirley McClain was the lone female considered part of the Rat Pack.

Of course, the modern day Rat Pack is all members of the Democratic Party.

[ErnBatavia]

I really cannot offer any details as to why Sinatra was not appealing to me.

Well, for me, the fact that he couldn't begin to sing "on key" sorta soured me on his so-called 'talents'...

[Clemenza]

Let's not forget auxiliary members of the Summit (Frank would kick you a-s if you used the term rat pack), Angie Dickinson and Shirley Maclaine.

[Clemenza]

Francis Albert Sinatra is the GREATEST VOCALIST OF ALL TIME! His phrasing and control only got better as he entered middle age. Check out any of his work on Reprise in the early-mid 60s to see my point.

[Clemenza]

His album with Antonio Carlos Jobim is my fave.