The Hollywood archives are full of movies that have had at least one of their legendary scenes set in a casino. So many have been made that it’s difficult to list them all in such a short space. Here are our top three casino movies of all time.
Casino
Martin Scorsese’s epic movie features Robert DeNiro as a well-known and well-loved Bookie. He knows all the scores and all the scams, making him one of the most important people in the city. His family get the idea that he should move out to Vegas and open a casino to front their own money laundering activities. Featuring some fantastic dialogue and amazing set pieces, it’s one of the films that will go down in history as the great casino film ever made.
Ocean’s Eleven
Back in 1960, the Rat Pack were coming into the height of their fame; or as some would say, infamy. Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis Junior were making massive waves as singers and songwriters. Warner Brothers decided to cash in and created one of the great heist movies of all time. It was remade and starred George Clooney and Brad Pitt.
Casino Royale
The oddest and most surreal of all the James Bond films, Casino Royale was written and directed by five different people. Featuring slapstick comedy and the trademark lewd humour that was a signature of British films at the time, it was one of the funniest and strangest casino movies ever made. Starring Woody Allen, Peter Sellers, David Niven and featuring a cameo by Orson Welles as the bond villain Le Chiffre, it closes with a huge finale where cowboys and Indians come bursting throughout the casino doors to fight to the bitter end, and no fewer than seven James Bonds.
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