Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964) on Netflix
Approved19642h 3mComedyCrimeMusical
Prohibition-era Chicago: Big Jim runs the underworld until his lieutenant, Guy Gisborne, takes over and demands a cut from every racketeer. Robbo, who controls the north side, refuses to pay.
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- Rotten Tomatoes40%
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Plot summary
When Guy Gisborne seizes control of Chicago's rackets, he expects every other gangster to pay him protection money. Robbo, who holds the north side, refuses, though his crew is outnumbered. He recruits a pool hustler named Little John and Will, a quickdraw artist. Big Jim's educated daughter, Marian, asks Robbo to avenge her father, and he declines. She sends him $50,000 anyway, and Robbo passes the money to a boys' orphanage. Its director, Allen A. Dale, tells the newspapers about the gift, and the public begins to see Robbo as Chicago's own Robin Hood. Gisborne looks for a way to get rid of him.
Cast
- Hank Henryas Six Seconds
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Peter Lawford was originally cast as Allen A. Dale but was replaced by Bing Crosby after a falling out with Sinatra: a promised visit to Sinatra's home by Lawford's brother-in-law, President John F. Kennedy, was switched at the last minute to Crosby's house on security grounds, after Sinatra had built a helipad for it.
- Filming ran from October to December 1963 and was interrupted twice: by the assassination of John F. Kennedy, a former friend of Sinatra's, and weeks later by the kidnapping of his son Frank Sinatra Jr. The cast and crew decided to finish the film anyway.
- A scene in which Robbo threatens Gisborne, calling him “Mr. President” and saying “If you come over there like George Washington, I send you back like Abraham Lincoln”, was filmed before the assassination of John F. Kennedy. Sinatra said on his DVD commentary that he regretted the line staying in.
