movie about casino robbery at christmas eve

Richard Conte is the master electrician dying of cancer, who needs to leave some cash for his kid's college. Unfortunately the camera does not especially flatter her looks. is the perennial icon of cool who sings 'EEO-Eleven.' Peter Lawford is the playboy with one objective and one mission: To hit Las Vegas, Nevada! Angie Dickinson is the understanding wife, discreet, feminine and chic. Dean Martin, the eternal essence of cool, is the entertainer who sings 'Ain't That a Kick in the Head,' and Sammy Davis Jr. The gang cannot get the multi-million loot out of Las Vegas but they manage to hide it in some place, unknown to them, however, that 'someone' was preparing for them all a nice wry outcome.

Only one of the men has a heart attack on the street and collapses. On New Year's Eve, the hold-up goes off beautifully, exactly as planned. The swag will be deposited in garbage cans outside the casinos, and the cans will be collected by a disposal truck. An electrical tower will be blown up to black out the whole town. The scheme of the robbery is ingenious, requiring military precision and perfect timing. During the week before Christmas, the 'special combat team' (all experts in one thing and another) arrive in Las Vegas, for the job-of-a-lifetime. He is carrying out a plan originated by racketeer Spyros Acebos where five gambling casinos (Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, The Sand and The Flamingo) will be robbed simultaneously at midnight on New Year's celebration. Old Blue Eyes is the mastermind of the heist. And this fun filtered off the silver screen and into the audience like a tasty appetizer before the main course. A playground for legendary entertainers, these guys knew how to get the job done, to pause only to knock back innumerable Whisky sodas, wear their tuxedo, hang out in bars, talk the talk, belt out a couple of classy little numbers, and have a great sense of fun together on screen. 'Ocean's Eleven' is a buddy movie made with real buddies, and it's fun. 'Ocean's Eleven' is a weak heist film with the emphasis firmly on light humor, and few diverting escapades, but nobody cares because the cast includes the biggest stars of the day (Frankie, Dino, Sammy etc.), burning the motion picture into the collective memory of the public as the first to showcase Hollywood's notorious Rat Pack.

Compared to Jules Dassin's 'Rififi,' or to Phil Karlson's 'Five Against the House,' it pales considerably.

The film stops all too frequently for guest spots and in-jokes, with a slow first hour. The only real pleasure in 'Ocean's Eleven' is being let into the Rat Pack circle for a couple of hours.

Movie about casino robbery at christmas eve