Sinatra & the Rat Pack

The story behind the original movie Ocean's 11

They were the kings of cool! Filming all day...partying all night!

In 1960, if you were looking for the absolute definition of "cool," you would look no further than Frank Sinatra and his infamous Rat Pack- Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop- and if you wanted to find that Rat Pack, you only had to look to America's premiere city of sin, the glittering jewel of the Nevada desert... Las Vegas.

In early 1960, Sinatra gathered his friends at The Sands Hotel in Vegas for what would become one of the most legendary undertakings in Hollywood history.. the film, Ocean's 11. During shooting, this legendary quintet played two shows a night in the Copa Room at The Sands to sellout crowds that included their old friends in the mob and their new friend, then Senator John F. Kennedy. These shows and this unique point in time would come to be known simply as "The Summit."

Through the use of rare footage, vintage newsreels, and interviews with cast members such as Henry Silva and Angie Dickinson, the Ocean's 11 story will take you back to that time and place, when the Chairman of the Board held court during the making of one of Hollywood