Frank Sinatra takes on private eyes Rocky Fortune, a “footloose and fancy-free young man,” frequently unemployed, who then undertake a variety of odd-jobs that would lead into adventurous escapades.Rocky, always prepared with a wise remark and a tongue-in-cheek approach, is a magnet for trouble. There is usually a beautiful woman involved; the right, some poor. His tough guy stays just inside the regulation, though we often get a glance of a smooth heart beneath the hard-boiled external.Rocky usually received job assignments through the Gridley Employment Company, usually known as “the agency”. Through the series, he proved helpful as an activity server, museum tour instruction, cabbie, bodyguard, chauffeur, truck driver, social movie director for a Catskills resort and a carny. He may possibly also artificial enough bass to play at weddings and bar-mitzvahs.The show aired just like Sinatra was in the jogging for an Oscar for his role in ‘From Right here to Eternity’, it became a running gag that Rocky appeared to work the phrase “from here to eternity” into nearly every show.