Ocean 's 11 - wikipedia Ocean 's 11 This article is about the 1960 film. For the 2001 film, see Ocean 's Eleven. For the film franchise, see Ocean 's ( film series ). Ocean 's 11 Directed by Lewis Milestone Produced by Lewis Milestone Screenplay by Harry Brown Charles Lederer Story by George Clayton Johnson Jack Golden Russell Starring Frank Sinatra Dean Martin Sammy Davis, Jr. Peter Lawford Joey Bishop Angie Dickinson Music by Nelson Riddle Cinematography William H. Daniels Edited by Philip W. Anderson Distributed by Warner Bros. Release date August 3, 1960 ( 1960 - 08 - 03 ) ( Las Vegas ) August 10, 1960 ( 1960 - 08 - 10 ) ( USA ) Running time 127 minutes Country United States Language English Box office $5 million ( US / Canada rentals ) Ocean 's 11 is a 1960 American heist film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring five of the Rat Pack : Peter Lawford, Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Joey Bishop. Centered on a series of Las Vegas casino robberies, the film also stars Angie Dickinson, Cesar Romero, Richard Conte, Akim Tamiroff, Henry Silva, Ilka Chase, Norman Fell, Patrice Wymore, and Buddy Lester, and includes cameo appearances by Shirley MacLaine, Red Skelton, and George Raft. The film served as the primary inspiration for the Ocean 's film series, a collection of heist films directed, edited or produced by Steven Soderbergh featuring an ensemble cast. The first film of the series, titled Ocean 's Eleven, released in 2001, also featuring Angie Dickinson, in a cameo role as Boxing spectator. Contents 1 Plot 2 Production 3 Cast 3.1 Ocean 's 11 3.2 Others 3.3 Cameos 4 Filming locations 5 Reception 6 Blu - ray release 7 See also 8 References 9 External links Plot A gang of World War II 82nd Airborne veterans is recruited by Danny Ocean ( Frank Sinatra ) and Jimmy Foster ( Peter Lawford ) to rob five Las Vegas casinos ( Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, Sands, and the Flamingo ) on a single night. From left to right : Lester, Bishop, Davis, Sinatra, and Martin The gang plans the elaborate New Year 's Eve heist with the precision of a military operation. Josh Howard ( Sammy Davis Jr. ) takes a job as a sanitation worker driving a garbage truck while others work to scope out the various casinos. Sam Harmon ( Dean Martin ) entertains in one of the hotel 's lounges. Demolition charges are planted on an electrical transmission tower and the backup electrical systems are covertly rewired in each casino. At one minute and some odd seconds after midnight, while everyone in every Vegas casino is singing `` Auld Lang Syne '' the tower is blown up and Vegas goes dark. The backup electrical systems open the cashier cages instead of powering the emergency lights. The inside men sneak into the cashier cages and collect the money. They dump the bags of loot into the hotels ' garbage bins, go back inside, and mingle with the crowds. As soon as the lights come back on, the thieves stroll out of the casinos. A garbage truck driven by Josh picks up the bags and passes through the police blockade. It appears to have gone off without a hitch. Their ace electrician, Tony Bergdorf ( Richard Conte ), has a heart attack in the middle of the Las Vegas Strip and drops dead. This raises the suspicions of police, who wonder if there is any connection. Reformed mobster Duke Santos ( Cesar Romero ) offers to recover the casino bosses ' money for a price. He learns of Ocean being in town and his connection to Foster, who is the son of Duke 's fiancée ( Ilka Chase ). Santos pieces together the puzzle by the time Bergdorf 's body arrives at the mortuary. Santos confronts the thieves, demanding half of their take. In desperation, the money is hidden in Bergdorf 's coffin, with $10,000 set aside for Bergdorf 's widow ( Jean Willes ). The group plans to take back the rest of the money, making no payoff to Santos, after the coffin is shipped to San Francisco. This plan backfires when the funeral director talks Bergdorf 's widow into having the funeral in Las Vegas, where the body is cremated -- along with all of the money. Production Peter Lawford was first told of the basic story of the film by director Gilbert Kay, who heard the idea from a gas station attendant. Lawford eventually bought the rights in 1958, imagining William Holden in the lead. Sinatra became interested in the idea, and a variety of writers worked on the project. When Lawford first told Sinatra of the story, Sinatra joked, `` Forget the movie, let 's pull the job ! '' The animated title sequence was designed by Saul Bass. The film 's closing shot shows the main cast walking away from the funeral home, with the Sands Hotel marquee behind them listing their names as headliners. Cast Ocean 's 11 The film derives its name from this group of 11 people : Frank Sinatra as Danny Ocean Dean Martin as Sam Harmon Sammy Davis, Jr. as Josh Howard Peter Lawford as Jimmy Foster Richard Conte as Tony Bergdorf Joey Bishop as `` Mushy '' O'Connors Henry Silva as Roger Corneal Buddy Lester as Vince Massler Richard Benedict as `` Curly '' Steffans Norman Fell as Peter Rheimer Clem Harvey as Louis Jackson Others Angie Dickinson as Beatrice Ocean Cesar Romero as Duke Santos Patrice Wymore as Adele Elkstrom Akim Tamiroff as Spyros Acebos Ilka Chase as Mrs. Restes Jean Willes as Gracie Bergdorf Hank Henry as Mr. Kelly, the mortician Lew Gallo as Jealous Young Man Robert Foulk as Sheriff Wimmer Cameos Shirley MacLaine as Tipsy Woman ( Martin 's kisser ) ( uncredited ) George Raft as Jack Strager ( Casino Owner ) Red Skelton as Himself Richard Boone as the Minister ( voice ) ( uncredited ) Red Norvo as Himself / Hotel Vibraphonist ( uncredited ) Filming locations The Las Vegas portion of the film was all shot on location at the Flamingo, Sands, Desert Inn, Riviera, and Sahara hotels. One segment was also filmed at the former Las Vegas Union Pacific Depot. In Los Angeles, two locations were used. The opening barber shop scene was filmed at 9740 Wilshire Boulevard, Beverly Hills. The scenes taking place at Spyros Acebos 's house were filmed at 230 Ladera Drive, Beverly Hills, which at the time belonged to Hollywood agent Kurt Frings. Reception The film received mixed reviews from critics. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times disliked the film because `` there is no built - in implication that the boys have done something wrong. There is just an ironic, unexpected and decidedly ghoulish twist whereby they are deprived of their pickings and what seems their just desserts. 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. '' Variety wrote that the film was `` frequently one resonant wisecrack away from turning into a musical comedy. Laboring under the handicaps of a contrived script, an uncertain approach and personalities in essence playing themselves, the Lewis Milestone production never quite makes its point, but romps along merrily unconcerned that it does n't. '' Leo Sullivan of The Washington Post called the film `` nothing more than a whopping sick joke in Technicolor... It 's a completely amoral tale, told for laughs. '' Philip K. Scheuer of the Los Angeles Times wrote that the film `` has a pretty good surprise twist at the finish and is, of its type, a pretty good comedy - melodrama. '' A mixed review in The Monthly Film Bulletin called it `` an overlong, intermittently amusing picture full of surface effects and private jokes... Despite Milestone 's efforts, the first third tends to drag, due mainly to desultory characterisation, but when the raid begins both situations and dialogue improve considerably. '' On Rotten Tomatoes, Ocean 's 11 holds a rating of 48 %, based on 27 reviews, with an average rating of 5.2 / 10. Blu - ray release Ocean 's 11 was released on Blu - ray on November 9, 2010 in a `` 50th Anniversary Edition ''. Bonus features include : Special commentary by Frank Sinatra, Jr. and Angie Dickinson. `` Vegas Map '' -- Mini-documentaries of the five casinos involved in the movie. Tonight Show clip of Angie Dickinson with Frank Sinatra as host from November 14, 1977. `` Tropicana Museum Vignette '' See also List of American films of 1960 References Jump up ^ `` Ocean 's Eleven - Details ''. AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved July 7, 2018. Jump up ^ `` All - Time Top Grossers '', Variety, 8 January 1964 p 69 Jump up ^ Variety film review ; August 10, 1960, page 6. ^ Jump up to : pp. 117 -- 121 Levy, Shawn Rat Pack Confidential 1998 Fourth Estate Ltd Jump up ^ `` Ocean 's Eleven ''. www.artofthetitle.com. Retrieved 2017 - 12 - 19. Jump up ^ Everett Aaker, The Films of George Raft, McFarland & Company, 2013 p 171 Jump up ^ Crowther, Bosley ( August 11, 1960 ). `` The Screen : ' Ocean 's 11 ' ''. The New York Times : 19. Jump up ^ `` Ocean 's Eleven ''. Variety : 6. August 10, 1960. Jump up ^ Sullivan, Leo ( August 13, 1960 ). `` ' The Clan ' Pulls A Slick Sick One ''. The Washington Post : D8. Jump up ^ Scheuer, Philip K. ( August 5, 1960 ). `` Sinatra Premieres ' Ocean 's Eleven ' : ''. Los Angeles Times : Part II, p. 7. Jump up ^ `` Ocean 's 11 ''. The Monthly Film Bulletin. 27 ( 321 ) : 139. October 1960. Jump up ^ `` Ocean 's Eleven ( 1960 ) review ''. Rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 2016 - 09 - 09. Jump up ^ Ocean 's 11 Blu - ray, retrieved 2017 - 12 - 19 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ocean 's 11. Ocean 's Eleven at the American Film Institute Catalog Ocean 's Eleven on IMDb Ocean 's Eleven at the TCM Movie Database Ocean 's Eleven at AllMovie Films by Lewis Milestone Directed Seven Sinners ( 1925 ) The Caveman ( 1926 ) The New Klondike ( 1926 ) Two Arabian Knights ( 1927 ) The Garden of Eden ( 1928 ) Tempest ( uncredited, 1928 ) The Racket ( 1928 ) Betrayal ( 1929 ) New York Nights ( 1929 ) All Quiet on the Western Front ( 1930 ) The Front Page ( 1931 ) Rain ( 1932 ) Hallelujah, I 'm a Bum ( 1933 ) The Captain Hates the Sea ( 1934 ) Paris in Spring ( 1935 ) Anything Goes ( 1936 ) The General Died at Dawn ( 1936 ) The Night of Nights ( 1939 ) Of Mice and Men ( 1939 ) Lucky Partners ( 1940 ) My Life with Caroline ( 1941 ) Our Russian Front ( 1942 ) Edge of Darkness ( 1943 ) The North Star ( 1943 ) The Purple Heart ( 1944 ) A Walk in the Sun ( 1945 ) The Strange Love of Martha Ivers ( 1946 ) Arch of Triumph `` ( 1948 ) No Minor Vices ( 1948 ) The Red Pony ( 1949 ) Halls of Montezuma ( 1951 ) Kangaroo ( 1952 ) Les Misérables ( 1952 ) Melba ( 1953 ) They Who Dare ( 1954 ) The Widow ( 1955 ) Pork Chop Hill ( 1959 ) Ocean 's 11 ( 1960 ) Mutiny on the Bounty ( 1962 ) Screenplays Up and at ' Em ( 1922 ) The Yankee Consul ( 1924 ) Listen Lester ( 1924 ) The Mad Whirl ( 1925 ) Dangerous Innocence ( 1925 ) The Teaser ( 1925 ) Bobbed Hair ( 1925 ) Films by Charles Lederer As director Fingers at the Window ( 1942 ) On the Loose ( 1951 ) Never Steal Anything Small ( 1959 ) As writer The Front Page ( 1931 ) Cock of the Air ( 1932 ) Baby Face Harrington ( 1935 ) Mountain Music ( 1937 ) Double or Nothing ( 1937 ) Within the Law ( 1939 ) Broadway Serenade ( 1939 ) His Girl Friday ( 1940 ) I Love You Again ( 1940 ) Comrade X ( 1940 ) Love Crazy ( 1941 ) The Youngest Profession ( 1943 ) Slightly Dangerous ( 1943 ) Kiss of Death ( 1947 ) Ride the Pink Horse ( 1947 ) Her Husband 's Affairs ( 1947 ) The Lady from Shanghai ( 1947 ) I Was a Male War Bride ( 1949 ) Wabash Avenue ( 1950 ) The Thing from Another World ( 1951 ) Fearless Fagan ( 1952 ) Monkey Business ( 1952 ) O. 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Question: who played duke santos in ocean's eleven
Answer: Cesar Romero