Rat Pack Movies - This section features movies in which the Rat Pack starred as a group.

 

Ocean's Eleven is by far the best movie the Pack made together. The story is centered on a daring plot to rob five Vegas casinos on New Year's Eve. Danny Ocean (Frank Sinatra) gathers ten of his former Army Air Force buddies for one last try to recapture their former glory, and make millions in the process. It should also be noted that the original is by far better than the more recent version, which I originally disliked but have since come to appreciate as an entertaining flick. The newer version fails to capture the essence of camaraderie or the grandiose nature of the original plot in that the chemistry could not be duplicated and the scheme centers on the robbery of only one casino.

 

Robin and the Seven Hoods is not quite as good as Ocean's Eleven, yet it is still a very enjoyable movie. The film features Frank, Dean, and Sammy, but Peter and Joey are noticeably absent. In this flick, Sinatra plays Rabbo, a Chicago gangster in the 1920's who faces off in a battle for turf against Guy Gisborne (Peter Falk - and yes that's Columbo). Sinatra turns his illegal enterprise into a latter day Robin Hood venture, giving aid to the poor and destitute. Eventually, his organization fails, and the close of the film depicts Frank, Sammy, and Dean reduced to poverty. Sinatra sings "Chicago-My Kind of Town", "Style", "Mr. Booze", and "Don't be a Do-Badder." Bing Crosby also makes a noteworthy appearance.

 

 

 

Sergeant's 3 is honestly the worst of the movies made by the Pack. Set in the Indian territory of Utah in 1873, the western is a remake of Gunga Din. The plot centers around a group of cavalry Sergeants - Sinatra, Martin, and Lawford - who meet up with a recently freed slave, Sammy Davis Jr., and the group tries to track down a tribe of Sioux Indians. In the end, they manage to foil a planned Indian massacre as Sammy's bugle blowing alerts the U.S. Cavalry of an impending attack. Subsequently, all three sergeant's are decorated for bravery     .