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Mr Everett, who was not married and had no children, was a fan of "Rat Pack" singers Dean Martin and Frank Sinatra.

Working with him and Kate Hepburn and bringing the whole Rat Pack — this was my mother’s influence on him.

Growing up in the suburbs of New York City, Gallagher’s aspirational idol wasn't his stoic father but movie star, crooner, and Rat Pack legend Dean Martin.

The film illuminates a singular career that always was ahead of its time, as the men, now both 77, converse over a meal — in the style of “My Dinner With Andre” — at Matteo’s, an old-school Hollywood hangout once favored by the Rat Pack.

“I think the Rat Pack’s chances just improved.”