'' is a ,
Dean Martin ,
Sammy Davis, Jr. ,
Joey Bishop and
Peter Lawford . Other stars included
Angie Dickinson and
Cesar Romero , as well as uncredited cameo appearances by
Shirley MacLaine and others. A
Remake appeared in 2001, followed by a sequel, ''
Ocean's Twelve '', in 2004. The title of this film is also often presented as '''''Ocean's 11'''''.
The original 1960 film wasn't a critical favorite and was regarded as mostly a vanity project for the Rat Pack. The 2001 remake was regarded by most critics as superior to the original although it should be noted that other than the general premise and the main character's name, the remake bears little-to-no similarities with the original.
In the movie, a gang of ten
World War II Veteran s led by Danny Ocean (Sinatra) rob five different
Las Vegas Casino s, (
Sands ,
Desert Inn ,
Flamingo ,
Riviera , and
Sahara ) on a single night.
The
Rat Pack plans the elaborate heist with the precision of an
Army operation. Sammy has a job driving a
Garbage Truck while others work to scope out the various casinos. Demolition charges are planted on an
Electrical transmission tower and the backup electrical systems are covertly rewired in each casino. At exactly midnight on
New Year's Eve , when everyone in every Vegas casino is singing "
Auld Lang Syne " (in unison), the tower is blown up, Vegas goes dark, and the backup electrical systems open the
Bank Vault s instead of powering the emergency lights. The inside men sneak into the
Cashier 's cages and stick up the cashiers while they collect the money. They dump the bags of loot into hotel garbage bins, go back inside, and mingle with the crowds; when
Auld Lang Syne is over, the lights come back on and the robbers walk out of the casinos.
One of the men, however, has a
Heart Attack in the middle of the
Las Vegas Strip and dies. Meanwhile, finance mogul Duke Santos (Romero), offers to recover the casino bosses' money for a price. He learns of Danny Ocean and his connection to his fiancée's son, Jimmy Foster (Lawford), both of whom he knows are in Vegas at the moment. Santos manages to piece together the puzzle by the time the dead team member arrives at the mortician. In the end, the money gets
Cremate d along with the dead man.
