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Written by Harry Brown and Charles Lederer, from a story by George Clayton Johnson and Jack Golden Russell, and directed by Lewis Milestone, the original (and best) Ocean's 11 premieres in Las Vegas. Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., and Peter Lawford star as the nominal leaders of an eleven strong band of former war paratroopers who reunite to carry out a military-precise, New Year's Eve heist at five Las Vegas casinos. A breezy and bouncy, nostalgia-heavy crime caper showcasing the iconic cool cats of the Rat Pack blazing like a comet across the era's "social media". Co-starring Joey Bishop, Henry Silva, Richard Conte, Angie Dickinson and Cesar Romero. In 2001 Steven Soderbergh directs the first of three remakes featuring George Clooney in the Sinatra role.
