World War II veterans Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) and Jimmy Foster (Peter Lawford) recruit nine of their comrades from their unit in the 82nd Airborne to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos: the Sahara, Riviera, Desert Inn, Sands, and Flamingo. The gang (the "eleven" of the title) 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 get jobs at 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 midnight, New Year's Eve, the tower is blown up and the Las Vegas Strip goes dark as the inside men sneak into the cages and hold up the cashiers and then dump the bags of loot into the hotels' garbage bins. A garbage truck driven by Josh picks up the bags and passes through the police blockade. Everything appears to have gone off without a hitch.... 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