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Title: Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Frank Sinatra | ... | Robbo | |
| Dean Martin | ... | John | |
| Sammy Davis Jr. | ... | Will | |
| Bing Crosby | ... | Allen A. Dale | |
| Peter Falk | ... | Guy Gisborne | |
| Barbara Rush | ... | Marian | |
| Victor Buono | ... | Sheriff Potts | |
| Hank Henry | ... | Six Seconds | |
| Robert Foulk | ... | Sheriff Glick | |
| Allen Jenkins | ... | Vermin | |
| Jack La Rue | ... | Tomatoes (as Jack LaRue) | |
| Robert Carricart | ... | Blue Jaw | |
| Joseph Ruskin | ... | Twitch | |
| Phil Arnold | ... | Hatrack | |
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Harry Swoger | ... | Soupmeat |
In Prohibition-era Chicago, the murder of mob boss Big Jim Stevens leaves a vacuum at the top. As the murder was orchestrated by Gisborne - one of Big Jim's underlings - with the assistance of Sheriff Glick and Deputy Sheriff Potts, who were also in Big Jim's back pocket, Gisborne plans to take over. However, Big Jim would have wanted Robbo, who he treated like a son, to take over. As such, a gangland war ensues, with Robbo having among his men an Indiana pool hustler named Little John, and Will, a sharp shooter. What happens between the two gangs is affected by Marian Stevens, Big Jim's beautiful and sophisticated daughter, who inherited her father's ambition and has more criminal smarts than her father. Among Marian's wants is for her father's murder to be avenged. Marian's intervention into the matter leads to Robbo and his band of merry men gaining some legitimacy within the Chicago public mindset, he giving some of his profits and the profits of others to the less fortunate. But ... Written by Huggo
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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