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To be completely fair, the early 60's weren't really the first silver screen action years in Las Vegas. Frank Sinatra's first movie, Las Vegas Nights was put back in 1941. However, the Rat Battalion Days are always a good point to start.

The Rat Packs

Five gentlemen in Las Vegas: Sammy Davys Jr, Simon Peter Lawford, Dean Martin, Joey Bishop and Frank Sinatra. Good friends. Loved to party. And of course, they had their ain front-runner place to hang out, that was Sands Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas (which was demolished in 1996, nowadays the site of the Venitian).

The Rat Battalion Days begun in late 50's, somewhat as a reaction to the Cold War early days; the cats came up with the thought of having their ain "summit of cool" in Las Vegas; it lasted seven years. As the Sands acting scene wasn't adequate for them, the mighty five moved additional to movies and recordings.

The seven old age brought out seven films: Some Came Running, Ocean's 11, Sergents 3, 4 For Texas, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Marriage on the Rocks, and Cannonball Run II. Ocean's 11 (1960) is the most celebrated one, and also benefited from a modern refashion (2001), starring Saint George Clooney, Brad William Pitt and Julia Roberts. The action in new Ocean's 11 affects robbery scenes at Bellagio. The Rat Pack, released in 1998 for cablegram TV, includes scenes from The Sands.

The King

The good old years gave us the classic Viva Las Vegas (1964), featuring Elvis Presley, who sings his bosom out for the darling "sin city".

Later, in 1970, the King starred a docudrama filmed at the International Hotel, nowadays Las Vegas Hilton (Elvis: That's the Manner It Is).

The 1979 Elvis, a memorabilia to The King, stars Kurt Russell. The story travels on in 1988 with Elvis and Me, inspired by Priscilla Presley's autobiography. The 1995 BBC docudrama The Burger and the King: The Life and Cuisine of Elvis Presley looks to have got closed the Elvis & Las Vegas series, up to this moment.

Casino

This one, released in 1995, is the classic. It nears "sin city" the manner cipher dared before. The story is based on the almost fabulous life of Frank Rosendhale (impersonated by Henry Martin Robert Delaware Niro), the best odds-maker of all times, and his beautiful married woman Gery (impersonated by Sharon Stone). Las Vegas made them rich and telecasting made them famous.

"Casino" hit the box-offices, but Frank said manager St Martin Martin Scorsese brought the limelights on his ain chopped vision of Las Vegas; blamed him that he was not really interested to either understand casinos or be faithful to the existent story; thus, Frank Rosenthale would have got told it differently.

The Winner

Las Vegas footage have proven a good fortune appeal for Francis John Ford Coppola's celebrated nephew, Nicholas Cage. He started with Honeymoon in Vegas in 1992, grabbed an Oscar on the route with Leaving Las Vegas and made a come-back with Con Air in 1997; literally, Dent Cage forced his landing on the Hard Rock Hotel guitar...

Just another subjective list

1971 - Diamonds Are Forever, from the Jesse James Chemical Bond (Sean Connery) series
1974 - The Godfather Part II
The Rocky series (parts three and IV) included little glances from Las Vegas
1987 - Heat, 100% Las Vegas made, starring Cyril Burt Reynolds

1988 - Rain Man, with Dustin Hoffman, action set mostly inside Caesars Palace
1991 - Bugsy, the story of Bugsy Siegel and the making of the Flamingo. Casts Robert Penn Warren Beatty and Annette Bening
1993 - Indecent Proposal. Some reviews advice to "save the money for slots"
1995 - Heat, this time starring Henry Martin Robert DeNiro and Aluminum Pacino, the lone film the two "monsters" have got met

1995 - Showgirls, mostly a film about... girls, including many scenes at Stardust