After Ocean's Eleven came Sergeants Three with the main cast members appearing again. They parted when Conte appeared in The Godfather against Frank's wishes. He became a Sinatra retainer in his later years, appearing in several Sinatra films. Ocean's Eleven marked the first time that Richard Conte worked in a Sinatra film. did sing two numbers suited to their talents. Sinatra doesn't sing in this, I can't imagine why he didn't give himself a song here, but Dean Martin and Sammy Davis, Jr. Why waste all that good airborne training now that they're civilians. Ocean's Eleven has a lighthearted insouciance about it, a group of former Airborne Rangers get together in Las Vegas for a heist of the big casinos carried on with military precision. They also managed to get into another film, several of the principal players in Ocean's Eleven did guest shots in Pepe while at the Sands. So Frank got his pallies together and they filmed Ocean's Eleven in between shows at the Sands. What better way than to combine everything at once. Frank Sinatra had signed a picture deal with Warner Brothers and was beginning a long term commitment to the Sands in Las Vegas. It wasn't exactly that, but there is a spirit of camaraderie that is present through out the film. I remember back in the day when the commercials were out for Ocean's Eleven it was described as the heist of all time.
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