Ocean’s Eleven (1960)

Ocean’s Eleven (1960)

Lewis Milestone produced and directed this original (and highly successful) heist picture which featured an all-star cast headlined by the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis Jr. Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop as well as Angie Dickinson and Shirley MacLaine (the latter in an uncredited cameo). Its screenplay was written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer from a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. Other that appear include Richard Conte Cesar Romero Patrice Wymore Akim Tamiroff Henry Silva Norman Fell Red Skelton (as himself) and George Raft.

Sinatra plays Danny Ocean a man addicted to danger and excitement which causes estrangement from wife Beatrice (Dickinson). His latest scheme is a grand plan to reunite his 82nd Airborne Army veteran friends – fifteen years after their acclaimed service in various World War II theaters of battle – to knock over the five main casinos (Hotel Flamingo the Sands Desert Inn the Riviera the Sahara) in Las Vegas during New Year’s Eve. Among Ocean’s eleven co-conspirators are Martin and Davis Jr. (who each sing a couple of songs) Lawford Conte Bishop Silva and Fell; additionally there’s Tamiroff who doesn’t participate in the robberies but helped to plan and finance the operation. Lawford plays Jimmy Foster whose soon-to-be fifth father-in-law gangster Duke Santos (Romero) figures in the aftermath hired by the coalition of casino managers – led by Raft’s character – to find and return the stolen millions. There’s a somewhat predictable twist ending.

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