Richard Conte played electrician and convict Anthony Bergdorf. Dickinson was first covered in Cast a Giant Shadow (1966). Martin was first covered in the incredible western The Sons of Katie Elder (1965).Īngie Dickinson had a small role as Beatrice Ocean, the wife of Danny Ocean. This fascinating actor and singer was first covered in the all-aces film, From Here to Eternity (1953).Ĭrooner Dean Martin played Sam Harmon. Actors – Ocean’s Eleven (1960) Returningįrank Sinatra played Danny Ocean. The latter are likely to feel less gleeful in the presence of heroes who rob and steal.” īased on the abundance of the more recent Ocean remakes and sequels, I guess he was correct that the younger set would like it more. For the substance is generally amusing - indeed, very funny in spots-the dialogue is cleverly written and the roles are deftly and colorfully played…Young people are likely to find this more appropriate and bewitching than do their elders. Well, why not? Wasn’t the crime team schooled together in a lot of Eighty-second Airborne Division “drops”? That’s the way it is: no dishonor, no moral misgivings, no sweat, outside of the normal, natural tension that occurs while the crime is being done… This is the flaw in the picture-this and the incidental fact that a wholesale holdup of Las Vegas would not be so easy as it is made to look. Sinatra’s) breezy gang of wartime buddies and heroes, are assembled to do a little job of robbing five major casinos in Las Vegas on New Year’s Eve…They’re so clever and humorous about it and the casino people are such dopes. The idea is that a bunch of fellows, Danny Ocean’s (Mr. “A surprisingly nonchalant and flippant attitude toward crime-an attitude so amoral it roadblocks a lot of valid gags… Frank Sinatra, who is the power behind the picture, should have a couple of his merit badges taken away. In an August 11, 1960, review New YorkTimes film critic Bosley Crowther takes the film too seriously and misses the point, saying in part:

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