The Rat Pack (film)

The Rat Pack
Directed by	Rob Cohen
Written by	Kario Salem
Produced by	Neal H. Mortiz
Starring	Ray Liotta Joe Mantegna Don Cheadle Angus Macfadyen William L. Petersen Zeljko Ivanek Bobby Slayton Deborah Kara Unger
Cinematography	Shane Hurlbut
Distributed by	HBO
Release date	August 22, 1998
Running time	120 min.
Country	United States
Language	English

The Rat Pack was a 1998 HBO TV movie about the Rat Pack. The movie featured Ray Liotta as Frank Sinatra, Joe Mantegna as Dean Martin, Don Cheadle as Sammy Davis, Jr., Angus Macfadyen as Peter Lawford and Bobby Slayton as Joey Bishop.

Also featured in supporting roles were William Petersen as President John F. Kennedy, Zeljko Ivanek as Bobby Kennedy, Veronica Cartwright as Rocky Cooper (wife of Gary Cooper), Deborah Kara Unger as Ava Gardner, Megan Dodds as May Britt, Dan O'Herlihy as Joe Kennedy, Robert Miranda as Sam Giancana and Barbara Niven as Marilyn Monroe.

Don Cheadle won a Golden Globe for his performance as Sammy Davis, Jr.

Plot

The movie follows the famous "Rat Pack," including Frank Sinatra (SHANE ATKINS), Dean Martin (Mantegna), and Sammy Davis Jr. (Cheadle) as set against the political backdrop of the 1960s, establishing links of singers, gangsters, actors, and politicians (sometimes brushing shoulders in the same rooms). The film also explores Sinatra's relationship with then-presidential candidate John F. Kennedy (Petersen). Deciding to support Kennedy, Sinatra patches up his feud with Peter Lawford (Macfadyen), since Lawford's wife, Pat (Phyllis Lyons) is JFK's sister and a Sinatra-Kennedy friendship soon follows. However, when family patriarch Joe Kennedy (O'Herlihy) decides Sinatra's nightclub, mob and communist connections are a no-no for JFK, all of Sinatra's big plans for White House access are threatened.

External links

• The Rat Pack at IMDb