Robin and the Seven Hoods

Starring:Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Bing Crosby, Peter Falk, Barbara Rush, Victor Buono, Hank Henry, Robert Foulk, Allen Jenkins, Jack La Rue, Robert Carricart, Joseph Ruskin, Phil Arnold, Harry Swoger, Bernard Fein, Richard Bakalyan, Sonny King, Phillip Crosby, Al Silvani
Director: Gordon Douglas
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product Type: DVD

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"My kind of town, Chicago is...." The last film venture by the Rat Pack finds Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr. in an update of the Robin Hood legend, set in Chi-town in 1928. The boys play gangsters who become Jazz Age Merry Men; Bing Crosby is their eloquent spokesman. As usual, women are in short supply within the featured cast, but the film is colorful enough anyway with its period trappings. By the time this movie was released in 1964, the Zeitgeist was already shifting toward the Beatles, and Frank, Dean, and Sammy looked like your father's entertainment. But while this film is no knockout, director Gordon Douglas (Young at Heart) makes it a pleasant enough way to say good-bye to the Rat Pack's life together on film. --Tom Keogh

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robin and the 7 hoods.......2007-02-07

Although I am not a fan of musicals, I found this to be a funny adaptation of robin hood. Dean Martin is one of my favorite actors, and watching the 'rat pack' in action is always entertaining.

Sinatra and his Hoods.......2007-01-17

In early 1960's, Frank Sinatra and his Rat Pack were asked to do a musical, after the hit film Ocean's 11 (note for those unfamilar, this is NOT the Clooney version). Frank, Dean and Sammy did their version of Robin Hood. Supporting them in this film were Barbara Rush, a pre-Columbo-ed Peter Falk and Bing (White Christmas) Crosby. This film reminds me of Sinatra's Guys and Dolls

The story is a gangstered 1920's ish, Chicago mob story with music. The Rats are minus Peter Lawford and Joey Bishop, but you wont miss them in the romp. Crosby does a sendup on his image in a trio song with Sinatra and Martin. Sammy solos in Bang! Bang!, showing tap dancing and GUNS can go together in the hand of a master showman. Falk steals every scene he is in with such aplomb, you wonder why he did not do many more comedy.

the Sammy Cahn score, orchestered by Nelson Riddle is first rate and pure Sinatra with songs like My Kinda Town Chicago.

Extras include Frank Sinatra jr audio commentary, which gives great insights into the film itself and its making

Worth every minute!

Bennet Pomerantz, AUDIOWORLD

Robin and the Seven Hoods 1964.......2006-04-12

Robin And The Seven Hoods mirhfully gives the Robin Hood legend a depression-era , Mobtown Chicago settings .There , North side boss Robbo (Frank Sinatra (1915-1998) hopes to get a leg in his power struggle with rival Racketeer Guy Gisborn ( Peter Falk 1927 - ) . Robbo sets himself up as a latter-day Robin Hood with Philanthropic front enabling him to scam the rich , take his cut and then give to the people . Dean Martin (1917-1995) , Sammy Davis Jr. (1925-1990) , Bing Crosby (1903-1977) , and Barabara Rush (1927 - ) , join in the giddy , gansterish fun . And the jazzy Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) / James Van Heusen (1913-1990) score (including Sinatras classic : My kind of Town) is the perfect match for this all star cast , when you share the music and merriment of Robin and The 7 hoods . A Funny and Cherish movie ! . Recommended

Dated and Dull.......2006-03-02

The central idea of this movie is the activities a 1920's Robin Hood and his band of gangsters. Unfortunately, even the Rat Pack cannot save this movie. The script is slow, dated,and dull. Barbara Rush's scenes are especially confusing. Her scenes almost seem to be part of a different movie. Nothing comes of her apparent interest in Sinatra or Martin which makes me wonder why they made the final cut. The main actors seemed to be bored, and with the exceptions of Bing Crosby and Peter Falk, walked through their performances. (Maybe they were hung over most of the time?)
Save your money and borrow it from your local library.

Robin and Hoods to be West End Musical.......2006-01-30

I have it from an inside source that ROBIN AND THE SEVEN HOODS will soon be a bonafide stage musical opening in the West End, and starring Christian Slater in the Sinatra role. Should work well on stage. I for one, can't wait, as I have always loved the score.

Robin Hood And The Seven Hoods / Ocean's 11 (1960) (Two-Pack)

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Robin Hood And The Seven Hoods / Ocean's 11 (1960) (Two-Pack)
Starring: Warner 2pak
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B0002QO3U0
Release Date: 2004-10-12

1960s Classics 6-Pack (Cool Hand Luke / My Fair Lady / Robin and the 7 Hoods / Ocean's 11 (1960) / The Dirty Dozen / Doctor Zhivago)

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1960s Classics 6-Pack (Cool Hand Luke / My Fair Lady / Robin and the 7 Hoods / Ocean's 11 (1960) / The Dirty Dozen / Doctor Zhivago)
Starring: Paul Newman , George Kennedy , J.D. Cannon , Lou Antonio , and Robert Drivas
Director: Stuart Rosenberg , Lewis Milestone , and George Cukor
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: B000068GS5
Release Date: 2002-06-04

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This 6-DVD set includes Cool Hand Luke, My Fair Lady, Robin and the 7 Hoods, Ocean's 11 (1960), The Dirty Dozen, and Doctor Zhivago.

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