Ocean's 11
Ocean's 11 is a 1960 American heist film directed and produced by Lewis Milestone from a screenplay by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, based on a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell. The film stars an ensemble cast and five members of the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, and Joey Bishop. Centered on a series of Las Vegas casino robberies, the film also stars Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Akim Tamiroff, and Henry Silva. It includes cameo appearances by Shirley MacLaine, Red Skelton, and George Raft.
Plot
World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster recruit nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne Division to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos: the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands, and the Flamingo.
Cast
- Akim Tamiroff
- Angie Dickinson
- Buddy Lester
- Cesar Romero
- Charles Meredith
- Dean Martin
- Don "Red" Barry
- Frank Sinatra
- George E. Stone
- George Raft
- Gregory Gaye
- Harry Wilson
- Henry Silva
- Hoot Gibson
- Ilka Chase
- Jean Willes
- Joan Staley
- Joe Gray
- Joey Bishop
- Marjorie Bennett
- Max Wagner
- Norman Fell
- Patrice Wymore
- Peter Lawford
- Red Skelton
- Richard Benedict
- Richard Boone
- Richard Conte
- Robert Bice
- Robert Foulk
- Sammy Davis Jr.
- Shirley MacLaine
- William H. O'Brien
More details
author | Billy Wilder Charles Lederer Harry Brown |
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contentLocation | California |
director | Lewis Milestone |
editor | Philip W. Anderson |
events | gambling |
genre | comedy crime |
keywords | 82nd airborne division american mafia casino cremate cremation danny ocean desert inn drive electric power electric power transmission engage flamingo flamingo las vegas funeral director garbage truck heart attack hidden cash las vegas las vegas strip list of ocean's military operation myocardial infarction new year new year's eve reform riviera sahara sahara las vegas san francisco sand sands hotel and casino world war ii |
musicBy | Nelson Riddle |
producer | Lewis Milestone |
productionCompany | Dorchester Productions |
publisher | Warner Bros. Pictures |
recordedAt | Chicago Las Vegas Valley Riviera Hotel and Casino |
theme | crime comedy heist mafia |