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Cast
- Frank SinatraDanny Ocean
- Dean MartinSam Harmon
- Sammy Davis Jr.Josh Howard
- Peter LawfordJimmy Foster
- Angie DickinsonBeatrice Ocean
- Richard ConteAnthony Bergdorf
- Cesar RomeroDuke Santos
- Patrice WymoreAdele Ekstrom
- Joey Bishop"Mushy" O'Connors
- Akim TamiroffSpyros Acebos
Recommendations
- 80
Salon
The original Ocean's is fun, fun, fun. It was a heist caper that was just an excuse for a bunch of friends (Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., et al) to get together and make whoopee. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Frank Sinatra and his Clan knock over Vegas. [07 Dec 2001, p.C1] - 70
The Guardian
Ocean's Eleven is devoid of morality other than a dedication to honour among thieves; it's consistently funny in a way that invites appreciative smiles rather than loud laughter; it's exciting without bringing disagreeable sweat to the palms; it's engaging, but never does anything as vulgar as taking us out of ourselves. - 60
Time Out
The antics of Sinatra & Co become rather hard to bear, and the evocation of Las Vegas as a neon nightmare may possibly be unintentional, since the film was made by Sinatra's own company as an extended advertisement for the Clan's shows there. The heist itself, though, is a superb piece of movie-making. - 60
Variety
Laboring under the handicaps of a contrived script, an uncertain approach and personalities in essence playing themselves, the production never quite makes its point, but romps along merrily unconcerned that it doesn't. - 50
The New York Times
Lewis Milestone's direction suits the movement of Harry Brown's and Charles Lederer's script, which is entirely centripetal, focusing exclusively on Mr. Sinatra and his gang. Young people are likely to find this more appropriate and bewitching than do their elders. The latter are likely to feel less gleeful in the presence of heroes who rob and steal. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
A free-wheeling, uninhibited all-star romp, Ocean's Eleven set the pace for the "caper" films of the 1960s and 1970s. - 40
Chicago Reader
Terminally boring.
