Ocean's Eleven (1960)
Publicity still of the stars of Ocean's Eleven (1960), including (from right to left) Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Dean Martin, and Peter Lawford.
Ocean’s Eleven
film by Milestone [1960]
Ocean’s Eleven, American heist film, released in 1960, that featured the legendary 1960s “Rat Pack” of Las Vegas entertainers, including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin. In the film, Danny Ocean (played by Sinatra) recruits a gang of his old army buddies to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos. Overcoming various obstacles—including the arrival of Ocean’s wife (Angie Dickinson)—the men pull off the outlandish scheme but run into trouble when they try to leave Las Vegas with the money. Perhaps no other film symbolizes the “cool” of the early 1960s more than Ocean’s Eleven. Although a major box-office ...(100 of 233 words)
