Robin and the 7 Hoods
Robin and the 7 Hoods is a 1964 American musical film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. and Bing Crosby. It features Peter Falk and Barbara Rush, with an uncredited cameo by Edward G. Robinson.
Plot
"Big" Jim Stevens, undisputed boss of the Chicago underworld, gets an unexpected birthday present from his ambitious lieutenant, Guy Gisborne. Big Jim gets shot by all the guests at his birthday party, and Gisborne takes over. He orders all the other gangsters in town to pay him protection money, but declares it is still "All for One". The news does not sit well with Big Jim's friend and fellow gangster, Robbo, and a gangland war breaks out.
More details
| author | David R. Schwartz |
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| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Gordon Douglas |
| editor | Sam O'Steen |
| events | gambling organized crime |
| genre | comedy crime |
| keywords | birthday party birthday present corrupt sheriff counterfeiting ring frame gamble good deed how to kill my kind of town new sheriff outnumber police raid protection money robin hood santa claus shoot sing soup kitchen string |
| musicBy | Nelson Riddle |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Score, Adaptation or Treatment |
| producer | Frank Sinatra |
| productionCompany | P-C Productions |
| publisher | Warner Bros. |
| theme | crime comedy heist hood mafia comedy musical musical comedy |