Frank Sinatra Spectacular

Overview

The Rat Pack -- Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin -- in their only joint television performance. This special was televised via closed-circuit from St. Louis to a select group of theaters, where ticket buyers watched the live performance on screen. The concert was organized by Harold Gibbons and Frank Sinatra as a fundraiser for Dismas Clark Half-Way House of St. Louis, the first halfway house for ex-convicts. Johnny Carson, in the third year of his Tonight Show stint took the place of Joey Bishop who was ill as the MC and 4th member of the Rat Pack.

Directed by Al De Caprio, Robert Finklestein

Top cast

Johnny Carson

Self - Host

Frank Sinatra

Self

Dean Martin

Self

Quincy Jones

Self - Conductor

Trini López

Self

Sammy Davis Jr.

Self

Count Basie

Self

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Harold Joseph Gibbons

VP of Teamsters Union Local 688/St. Louis

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