This PG film is called "Ocean's 11" on the front cover of the DVD/video (which is the US title) and it was made in 1960.
The basic plot in this crime caper is that 11 friends who were in World War 2 get back together to plan the robberies of five Las Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. They are asked to do it by a crime boss who wants to hire people who aren't known villains.
They plan to cut the power supply to the casinos and then steal millions of dollars from them. Can they pull off this major crime with the same precision they carried out their army tasks? The film's main stars are Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean, Dean Martin as Sam, Peter Lawford as Jimmy. Sammy Davis Jr as Josh and Angie Dickinson as Danny's fed up wife.
The film is largely a product of its time - sexist in places and even hints of racism in the film's main jokes. However, despite these jokes (however dodgy) it's generally actually quite dour for a "hiest" movie. There's no sense of fun, but then should there be in a film about a pretty serious crime? The only fun is in the twist, which I'm not about to give away.
Sinatra plays Danny quite seriously but Sammy Davis plays the part of get-away driver Josh with a sense of humour. Dean Martin of course, gets to sing "Ain't That A Kick In The Head" but I feel that the songs and even the whole film suit no purpose other than to showcase the performers. They may as well be playing themselves, I felt, apart from the great Cesar Romero who is good as the step father of one of the gang members.
This film is good for nostalic purposes perhaps but it's very long at just over 2 hours. It also takes a while to figure out just how these men know each other.
The video costs £7 and the DVD is about the same price on Amazon. The DVD contains many features including a commentary by Sinatra and Dickinson themselves.
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