Robin and the 7 Hoods

Robin and the 7 Hoods


(aka Robin and the Seven Hoods)

Warner Bros., 1964, Color, 103 minutes

Released June, 1964



The last of the "Rat Pack" films is set in Roaring Twenties Chicago, and Sinatra and crew play garrulous gangsters who rob from the rich and give to the poor... and themselves. Dean Martin, Sammy Davis, Jr., Bing Crosby, Peter Falk co-star; great score includes "My Kind of Town."



Producer: Frank Sinatra

Associate Producer: William H. Daniels

Executive Producer: Howard W. Koch

Director: Gordon Douglas

Screenplay: David R. Schwartz

Musical Composer: Nelson Riddle

Music Director: Nelson Riddle

Song Score: Sammy Cahn and James Van Heusen

Choreography: Jack Baker

Production Design: LeRoy Deane

Set Decoration: Raphael Bretton

Costume Design: Don Feld

Sound: Everett A. Hughes, Vinton Vernon

Cinematography: William H. Daniels

Film Editing: Sam O'Steen



Awards: Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Score (Nelson Riddle) and Best Song ("My Kind of Town")



Cast: Frank Sinatra [Robbo], Dean Martin [Little John], Sammy Davis Jr. [Will], Bing Crosby [Allen A. Dale], Peter Falk [Guy Gisborne], Barbara Rush [Marian], Edward G. Robinson [Big Jim], Victor Buono [Sheriff Potts], Barry Kelley [Police Chief], Hank Henry [Six Seconds], Robert Carricart [Blue Jaw], Allen Jenkins [Vermin], Jack LaRue [Tomatoes], Hans Conried [Mr. Ricks], Sig Rumann [Hammacher], Robert Foulk [Sheriff Glick], Sonny King, Phillip Crosby, Richard Bakalyan [Robbo's Hoods], Phil Arnold [Hatrack], Harry Swoger [Soup Meat], Joseph Ruskin [Tick], Bernard Fein [Charlie Bananas], Carol Hill [Cocktail Waitress], Diane Sayer ["Booze" Witness], William Zuckert, Richard Simmons [Prosecutors], Milton Rudin [Judge], Maurice Manson [Dignitary], Chris Hughes [Jud], Harry Wilson, Joe Brooks, Roger Creed, Richard Sinatra [Gisborne's Hoods], Carolyn Morin [House Guard], Aldo Silvani [Guard], Joe Gray, John Delgado, Boyd "Red" Morgan, John Pedrini, Al Wyatt, Tony Randall [Hoods], Eddie Ness, Frank Scannell [Lawyers], Thom Conroy, Joey Jackson [Butlers], Linda Brent [Woman Derelict], Jerry Davis, Manuel Padilla, Jr., Mark Sherwood [Boys], Ronnie Dayton [Man], Larry D. Mann [Workman]



Musical Program: All for One and One for All (sung by Peter Falk); Give Praise! Give Praise! Give Praise! (sung by Chorus); Any Man Who Loves His Mother (sung by Dean Martin); Bang! Bang! (sung by Sammy Davis Jr.); Style (sung by Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin and Bing Crosby); Charlotte Couldn't Charleston (sung by Chorus); Mister Booze (sung by Bing Crosby, Dean Martin, Frank Sinatra and Sammy Davis, Jr.); Don't Be a Do-Badder (sung by Bing Crosby); My Kind of Town (sung by Frank Sinatra)