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Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Robin and the 7 Hoods (1964)

Crime Comedy

Like we've taken the Robin Hood legend and changed the bows and arrows to machine guns...! Like with songs yet!.. Like WILD!

Release Date: 1964, June 24
Directors: Gordon Douglas
Countries: United States of America
Production: Warner Bros. Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, P-C Productions, P-C Productions, Essex Productions, Essex Productions, Essex Productions, Meadway-Claude Productions Company, Meadway-Claude Productions Company, Meadway-Claude Productions Company
Cast: Frank Sinatra, Edward G. Robinson, Francis McDonald, Arthur Tovey, Benjie Bancroft, Rudy Germane, Herschel Graham, Bert Stevens, Ben Frommer, Manuel Padilla Jr., Walter Bacon, Billy Curtis

Overview:

Set in Prohibition era Chicago, bootlegger Robbo and his cronies refuse to pay the greedy Guy Gisborne a cut of their profits after Guy shoots mob boss Big Jim and takes over. When Big Jim's daughter, Marian, gives Robbo a large sum, believing he has avenged her father's death, the gangster donates to an orphanage, cementing his reputation as a softhearted hood.

Keywords:

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