Frank Sinatra
The original Danny Ocean.
Frank Sinatra played the original Danny Ocean in Ocean's 11 (1960), the Lewis Milestone heist film that started the Ocean's film series. He led a cast that included four other members of the Rat Pack: Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop.
Quick Facts
- Role
- Danny Ocean
- Film
- Ocean's 11 (1960)
- Director
- Lewis Milestone
The 1960 Danny Ocean
In the 1960 film, World War II veterans Danny Ocean and Jimmy Foster recruit nine comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne Division to rob five Las Vegas casinos at once - the Sahara, the Riviera, the Desert Inn, the Sands and the Flamingo - on New Year's Eve, blacking out the Strip by blowing up a power transmission tower.
Release
Ocean's 11 premiered in Las Vegas on August 3, 1960, and was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on August 10. Steven Soderbergh's Ocean's Eleven (2001) is a remake, with George Clooney as Danny Ocean.
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