Duke also learns about Bergdorf's military record from the police. Duke is engaged to Foster's mother, who casually mentions that Foster and Ocean, having fought together in the army, are both unexpectedly in Las Vegas. As the robbery was well organized, he assumes that it was a Mafia operation until his underworld connections deny any involvement. Reformed mobster Duke Santos offers to recover the casino bosses' money for a percentage. This raises police suspicions, who wonder if there is any connection to the thefts. The gang's electrician, Tony Bergdorf, drops dead of a heart attack in the middle of the Strip. Everything appears to have gone off without a hitch. A garbage truck driven by Josh picks up the bags and passes through the police blockade. At midnight on New Year's Eve, the tower is blown up and the Las Vegas Strip goes dark, as the men sneak into the money cages, hold up the cashiers, and dump their collection bags into the hotels' garbage bins. Demolition charges are planted on a local electric power transmission tower and the backup electrical systems are covertly rewired in each casino to open the cashier cages when the automatic generator kicks on.

Sam Harmon entertains in one of the hotel's lounges. Josh Howard takes a job as a sanitation worker driving a garbage truck while others get jobs at the various casinos. The gang plans the elaborate New Year's Eve heist with the precision of a military operation. 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.įrom left to right: Lester, Bishop, Davis, Sinatra, and Martin

The film received mixed reviews from critics. Ocean's 11 premiered in Las Vegas on August 3, 1960, and was theatrically released in the United States on August 10, by Warner Bros. It includes cameo appearances by Shirley MacLaine, Red Skelton, and George Raft. 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.

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. 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.

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