Ocean's 11 starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin
Director: Lewis Milestone


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Leave it to the Chairman of the Board to rope in a great director for the first Rat Pack movie. Lewis Milestone (All Quiet on the Western Front) indeed directed this 1960 caper movie starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop; but the results now seem like more of a historical artifact than a good time. The tone of the film is curiously serious--one somehow expected that the Rat Pack would have made a more buoyant first picture. But it is something to see these guys together, if largely for nostalgia reasons.
Summary
New Year's Eve in Las Vegas. Roulette wheels spin, cards snap, slots chime, champagne fizzles, the shows go on... and the lights go out. It's the perfect time to steal a kiss or a $25 chip. But for Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) and his 10 partners in crime, it's the perfect moment to steal millions.
Sinatra and off-screen pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Joey Bishop, and more play army buddies who devise a scheme to knock out power to the Las Vegas strip, electronically rig five big casino vaults, and raid them all at the same instant. Packed with location-lensed glamour, sweaty suspense, swinging comedy, and a stunning twist ending.

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