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TV "Ocean's Eleven," 1960 Rat Pack movie,Wed 8PM

Frank Sinatra movie on TV Turner Classic Movies, 8 PM, Wednesday night. Not considered too good now, but nice trip down memeory lane:

Ocean's Eleven (1960)
82 TCM: Wednesday, May 21 8:00 PM
1960, NR, ***, 02:07, Color, English, United States,

Veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division devise an elaborate plot to simultaneously rob five casinos on New Year's Eve.

Cast: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford, Angie Dickinson, Richard Conte, Cýsar Romero, Patrice Wymore, Joey Bishop, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Buddy Lester, Richard Benedict, Jean Willes, Norman Fell, Clem Harvey, Hank Henry, Charles Meredith Director(s): Lewis Milestone Producer(s): Lewis Milestone.

from film review:
"A free-wheeling, uninhibited all-star romp, OCEAN'S ELEVEN set the pace for the "caper" films of the 1960s and 1970s. Sinatra, Davis, and Martin performed their club acts at night and worked on this Las Vegas-set film during the day, and the good time they were having fairly jumps off the screen. Tamiroff comes up with the idea of knocking off five Vegas casinos--the Sahara, the Flamingo, The Riviera, The Sands, and the Desert Inn--on New Year's Eve. His scheme calls for the crooks, all veterans of the 82nd Airborne Division, led by Sinatra, to use their military knowledge and commando timing to plunge the casinos into darkness by shutting off their electricity. ... ... ....
Lawford started the ball rolling on OCEAN'S ELEVEN when he found the story on which it is based; then he and Sinatra formed a production company, with Martin also buying in. George Raft and Red Skelton do small cameos, as does Shirley MacLaine, in an unbilled bit as a drunken floozy. MacLaine was busy making THE APARTMENT and took off a day to fly to Las Vegas and appear in a scene with Martin that reputedly took less than 10 minutes to shoot. There are several other interesting bit performances in the film, including those of Hoot Gibson, Red Barry, and Louis Quinn (Roscoe on TV's "77 Sunset Strip"). The picture also features two songs by Sammy Cahn and Jimmy Van Heusen, "Ain't That a Kick in the Head?" (sung by Dean Martin), "Ee-O-leven," (sung by Sammy Davis, Jr.)."

One of my lobby cards:

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TV "Ocean's Eleven," 1960 Rat Pack movie,Wed 8PM
Thanks Robert, LOVE this movie!
all time favorite Thanks for the heads up!

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