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Release Date:
June 12, 1965
Original Title:
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
Alternate Titles:
Dismas House Concert/St.Louis 1975
Frank Sinatra Spectacular
The Rat Pack Captured
Genres:
Music
Production Companies:
CBS Productions
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
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.
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