This caper comedy, perhaps the most uncharacteristic film of director Lewis Milestone's career, stars Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. He pulls together a collection of ten old war buddies to pull a heist of five casinos on the same night. Not surprisingly, the characters happen to be members of the fabled Rat Pack: Sam Harmon (.. Read more
| Starring | Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin |
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| Director | Lewis Milestone |
| Genres | Comedy |
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This caper comedy, perhaps the most uncharacteristic film of director Lewis Milestone's career, stars Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean. He pulls together a collection of ten old war buddies to pull a heist of five casinos on the same night. Not surprisingly, the characters happen to be members of the fabled Rat Pack: Sam Harmon (Dean Martin), Josh Howard (Sammy Davis Jr.) Mushy O'Connors (Joey Bishop) and Jimmy Foster (Peter Lawford). Everything goes right until, of course, something goes wrong.
| Starring | Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Richard Conte, Angie Dickinson, Cesar Romero, Patrice Wymore |
|---|---|
| Director | Lewis Milestone |
| Studio | WARNER HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 2 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Dubbed | French, Italian |
| Hearing-impaired | English, Italian |
| Subtitles | DVD: Arabic, Bulgarian, Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish |
| Released | DVD: 18 Mar 2002 Production year: 1960 |
| Format | DVD |
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"...The first full-fledged [Rat] Pack movie....The lounge lingo is funny, and some wild swings connect..."
This film is very flawed. The dialogue is awful and the first hour is very slow. The acting is wooden at best. The twists in the plot at the end almost save it, but there are so many redundant characters and dead end story-lines that leave you scratching your head wondering what that was all about. I would look for the modern version which can only be better.
This film is very flawed. The dialogue is awful and the first hour is very slow. The acting is wooden at best. The twists in the plot at the end almost save it, but there are so many redundant characters and dead end story-lines that leave you scratching your head wondering what that was all about. I would look for the modern version which can only be better.
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