Ocean’s 11 1960

     A group of soldier friends from the 82^nd airborne regroup 15 years after their time in the service.  They are planning to rob millions of dollars from five Las Vegas casinos.  The future stepfather of one of the men learns who did this job.  Now they must find a way to smuggle the loot out of town unless they want to give half the money away to silence a possible snitch??

     If you like the actors in this film and the rat pack, then you will like this movie.  There isn’t much of a plot and it’s all interaction between the actors.  I thought it got a little dull as time passed.  Unusually, this film got its beginnings from a gas station attendant handing Frank Sinatra his screenplay?  What are the odds of this happening?  

127 min, Comedy directed by Lewis Milestone with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martinm, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Joey Bishop Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Buddy Lester, Richard Benedict, Jean Willes.

Note:  Imdb 6.6 out of 10, Amazon 4.3* out of 5* with 348 reviews, Common Sense Media Charles Cassady Jr. age 12+, 2* out of 5* (2* violence, 5* drinking, drugs & smoking.

Special Note:  Filmed in Las Vegas, Nevada and Southern, California.  Sammy Davis Jr. was required to stay at a hotel for people of his race only.  Las Vegas would only allow whites at the Sands Hotel.  This changed with Frank Sinatra confronted the casino owners on Sammy’s behalf.  Shirley MacLaine has a cameo performance and it was reported that she received a new car from Warner Brothers as compensation.  Many of the scenes with between the major characters were ad-libbed.  This was because the actors knew each other so well and their lines were better than the script.  Most of the filming was completed early in the morning before sunrise.  Most of the actors had shows in Las Vegas that they performed nightly.  They would wake up in the afternoon and do one or two shows in the evening.  Then they went through make-up and arrived at the shooting locations.  The shooting location was set  up in advance so minimal time would be taken when the actors arrived.