Rocky Fortune – Volume 3 – Messenger For Murder & A Hepcat Kills the Canary Audiobook (Free)

Frank Sinatra has private eyes Rocky Fortune, a “footloose and fancy-free young man,” frequently unemployed, who then undertake a range of odd-jobs that would lead into adventurous escapades.Rocky, always ready with a smart remark and a tongue-in-cheek approach, is usually a magnet for trouble. There is usually a beautiful woman involved; the right, some poor. His tough guy stays just in the laws, though we often get a glance of a smooth heart under the hard-boiled external.Rocky usually received job assignments from the Gridley Employment Agency, usually referred to as “the agency”. During the series, he worked as a process server, museum tour information, cabbie, bodyguard, chauffeur, vehicle driver, social director for any Catskills holiday resort and a carny. He could also artificial enough bass to play at wedding ceremonies and bar-mitzvahs.The show aired just as Sinatra is at the jogging for an Oscar for his role in ‘From Here to Eternity’, it became a working gag that Rocky seemed to work the phrase “from here to eternity” into nearly every show.