| C U T E V E G A S M A P . C O M | Las Vegas Movies - Ocean's 11 ( 1960 ) |
Arguably the quintessential Las Vegas Movie, the 1960 version of Ocean's 11 may suffer somewhat compared to contemporary action/heist movies,
( remember it was made before the TV Serieis Mission Impossible ), it is still a must see for any Las Vegas fan. Not only does Ocean 11 ( 1960 ) capture long gone
Las Vegas Strip scenery such as The Dunes, Desert Inn and Sands and show us the original Rat Packers who were filming during the day and doing nightclub
acts during the evening but Ocean 11 has Angie Dickenson at the beginning of her career. Ditto for Shirley MacLaine who reportedly was offered a car for her
brief cameo as a drunken gambler. She was eager for the part just to be able to spend time with the Rat Packers.
The scenes of the interior of the Rat Pack era casinos has all the classic Vegas details such as the old slot machines. If the dialogue comes across as a bit casual
it's because so many of the lines given in this film were ad lbbed, including Shirley MacLaine's scene. The Rat Packers knew one another so well they practically knew
what each of them was going to say.