Key to the operation is the unit's luckless electrician, Anthony Bergdorf, who was recently released after serving time in San Quentin. Restes, while Vincent Massler wants enough money so that his wife can quit her job as a stripper. After searching Phoenix, San Francisco and other cities where the men have scattered, Danny reunites his ten colleagues at Acebos' home to outline his plan, which is to simultaneously rob five Las Vegas casinos: the Sands, Flamingo, Sahara, Riviera and Desert Inn-on New Year's Eve at midnight.Įach man has his own reason for agreeing to the risky mission: for instance, playboy Jimmy wants to break his financial dependence on his wealthy, socialite mother, Mrs. However, they are avoiding Acebos' calls until they locate their former comrades and convince them to participate. Danny and a fellow paratrooper, Jimmy Foster, have worked out a detailed plan for putting Acebos' idea into action that requires carefully timed, military precision.
Acebos hopes that Danny will reassemble his highly trained commando unit to participate in a heist that will make them millionaires. In Beverly Hills, around Christmastime, excitable racketeer Spyros Acebos is waiting to hear from former sergeant Danny Ocean, who led the heroic 82nd Airborne unit of paratroopers during World War II.
