No Place Like Movies at Home: Hole in the Head

So, after watching so many Frank Sinatra movies in a row I see where there are not as many sweet movies as I thought there were. I tend to be on the Musical and Sweet Side of movies as a whole but I always thought he had more of those than he did drama. However, I find that's not really the case. I finally came back to one that I had almost forgotten about. Hole in the Head was one of the first Sinatra films that I saw that wasn't a musical. Yes, there is singing in this film but I would not classify it as a musical. 

This movie is about a man who is just trying to do the best for his son. He runs a hotel in Florida and is trying to keep it a float. However, things are not going well. He get desperate and contacts his brother for the money. Thing get hairy when they end up flying down there to see him in person. They try to convince him settle down and not continue to go out with wild women and stop chasing after harebrained schemes. Sinatra goes along with this for a little bit until he sees another opportunity when an old, rich, buddy of his comes to town.

I really loved Frank Sinatra in this role. There are not many movies that really show the "dad" side of him. His daughter, Nancy, was in Marriage on the Rocks with him and he played her dad, but she was older in that role and we never saw him play a dad at the same time his children were young. I think that this movie show more of that side of him. I remember this movie fondly and I am very excited that it still holds up. It was a very welcomed break drama after drama from the last few weeks.