Nothing Lasts Forever was the sequel to Thorp s 1966 novel
The Detective which was also adapted as a movie of the same name. The movie saw Sinatra play Joe Leland as the detective investigating a supposed suicide.
The Detective was one of the biggest box-office hits of Sinatra s movie career and became one of the highest-grossing movies of 1968. This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site.
While
Die Hard wasn t a direct sequel to
The Detective and the character name differed, the role of John McClane had to be offered to Sinatra anyway because it was a (loose) adaptation of