Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Director:

Gordon Douglas

Writer:

David R. Schwartz (writer)

Release Date:

24 June 1964 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Musical

Tagline:

Like we've taken the Robin Hood legend and changed the bows and arrows to machine guns! ... Like with songs yet! ... Like WILD!

Plot:

In prohibition-era Chicago, the corrupt sheriff and Guy Gisborne, a south-side racketeer, knock off the boss Big Jim...

Plot Keywords:

Orphanage | Sheriff | Robin Hood | Chicago Illinois | Pun In Title

Awards:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 4 nominations

Cast

Frank Sinatra	...	Robbo
Dean Martin	...	Little John
Sammy Davis Jr.	...	Will
Bing Crosby	...	Allen A. Dale
Peter Falk	...	Guy Gisborne
Barbara Rush	...	Marian Stevens
Victor Buono	...	Deputy Sheriff Alvin Potts
Hank Henry	...	Six Seconds
Robert Foulk	...	Sheriff Octavius Glick
Allen Jenkins	...	Vermin Whitouski
Jack La Rue	...	Tomatoes
Robert Carricart	...	Blue Jaw
Joseph Ruskin	...	Twitch
Phil Arnold	...	Hat Rack
Harry Swoger	...	Soupmeat

Also Known As:

Robin and the Seven Hoods (USA) (alternative spelling)

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Spain:T | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:15 | USA:Unrated

Company:

Essex Productions

Trivia:

Gene Kelly was originally hired as producer but left three weeks before filming. It was later suggested that he left because of disagreements with Frank Sinatra over the amount of dancing numbers in the movie.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: When Will (Sammy Davis Jr) is shooting up the casino, he fires more shots than either gun holds (12 from one, 11 from the other).

Quotes:

Allen A. Dale: Mr. Booze! Mr. B-double-O-Z-E... don't ever choose!...

Movie Connections:

Featured in Bullets Over Hollywood (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

My Kind of Town

Sinatra sings "My Kind of Town," and Sammy Davis Jr. interprets the peculiar 'Machine Gun' dance scene…

After an emotional rendition of 'For He's a Jolly Good Fellow' number one gangster, Big Jim, is shot dead at his own birthday party, and Guy Gisborne (Peter Falk) takes over the mob…

Robbo (Frank Sinatra), a rival gangster, warns Gisborne to stay out of the North Side… John (Dean Martin), a minor hood from Indiana, joins Robbo's gang just before Robbo and Gisborne destroy each other's nightclubs… Robbo rebuilds, outfitting his new gambling hall so that it becomes a new little modern casino at the touch of a button…

Marian (Barbara Rush), Big Jim's daughter, gives Robbo $50 grand to kill her father's murderers, but he orders Will (Sammy Davis, Jr.), his aide, to donate the money to an orphanage… Allan A. Dale (Bing Crosby), who runs the institution, crowns Robbo as a modern-day Robin Hood…

The action takes place in the gangland Chicago of 1928 instead of Sherwood Forest… Amusing ideas abounded… The best being a brief appearance by Edward G. Robinson as the chief hood who is shot by the mob just few seconds in the film…

Don't miss the formidable dance number "Style" performed and sung by Sinatra, Martin, and Crosby…