In Popular Culture
- There is a reference to the Rat Pack in the film Bye Bye Birdie, in a scene in which Ed Sullivan says: "And now: Frank Dean and Sammy. Frank, Dean and Sammy McWilliams."
- The film poster of the film Advance to the Rear says: "You've met the Rat Pack, now... meet the mouse pack!!!"
- There are several references to Frank Sinatra in the film Ocean's Thirteen, which is a reference to the fact that the original Ocean's Eleven is a Rat Pack film.
- The 2011 film Get Him To The Greek features the main characters talking about members of the Rat Pack.
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