Robin and the 7 Hoods

Great film

Good quality film

A classic film from the rat rack era with sinatra, martin, davis Jr. Some good songs, including Chicago my kind of town. Fun and light hearted I rented it off Prime, good quality sound and vision..

This is not your typical Robin Hood, even though we have the names of the mythical legends they are set up as mobsters from Chicago with Marion not typical maiden as she is a crime bosses daughter just as ruthless as her dad who was killed by Colombo himself Peter Falk as Guy of Gisburn. Frank Sinatra is Robbo Hood who with his pals Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr and Bing Crosby who play the not so merry men we know with bows and arrows but pack a rod as they say to steal from the rich and give to the poor. There are some fun little musical numbers and most notably one of the songs that Sinatra would sing up til his passing My Kind of Town and Mr Booze sang by Bing Crosby but was used in a family guy episode with Stewie Griffin and Brian the dog. If a fan of musical films from golden age of Hollywood this is for you, don't expect the usual Robin Hood tale as this is a different take but a fun watch.

Very little can be said about this fantastic musical twist on the Robin Hood story set in the Chicago of gangsters. Frank Sinatra,Dean Martin, Sammy Davis and Bing Crosby all excel in this light hearted Christmas musical and are superbly supported by Peter Falk displaying his often unrecognised talent for comedy, Barbara Rush and Victor Buono. This is one of my favourite Rat Pack movies with a fantastic score and the bonus of Sammy Davies performing his party piece with his guns and a superb production number with Frank, Dean and Bing in "Got or you haven't got style." CAUTION: This is the Region 1 UNCUT version. I also bought the Region 2 recent release which has been cut by a massive 20 minutes although the Spanish release is the full length !!!!!! A must for any musical movie collection

I got this film to tick off another E.G.Robinson film, he has a brief bit at the start. The film is a 'rat-pack' musical update of Robin Hood to prohibition era Chicago. With 2 rival gangs one headed by F.Sinatra the other by P.Falk who in my opinion is the only actor who gives a fun performance. It also has B.Crosby who is let down by the poor songs, as per the commentary they took 9 months to write the dozen plus original songs, one of which is an all time classic 'My Kind of Town (Chicago is) the others are all confined to the forgotten dustbin of history. Overall though it's a decent fun warch. My main reason for bothering to write this is to point out errors & omissions on the UK Warner Bros DVD release the packaging states it's 101 min' ratio 1:85 nonsense!! it's correctly presented at 118 min' (PAL) & 2.35 ratio. There is also a full length commentary by F.Sinatra Jr who explains how the filming was beset by problems including the assassination of JFK, and his own kidnapping, Frank Sr having taken over as producer from G.Kelly 3 weeks before filming commenced.

I saw this when it came out. I was working as a cinema projectionist and I loved the film and the music, I was about 15 or 16 at the time. I couldn't remember it's name, then just before Christmas, I was browsing this type of film on Amazon and stumbled on it. My wife bought it for me a s a persent. We both enjoyed it a lot. It's a good time film and doesn't take itself too seriously. It has (to me) aged very well, Worth buying, I'll watch it many times now. Gordon

Fantastic movie

Those who don't like this film (and that's okay), don't really "get" the film (and that's okay, too). It's a spoof. It's all tongue in cheek. And it stars 4 tremendous stars -- Frank, Dean, Bing, and Sammy. No, it's not Shakespeare. Nor is it supposed to be. It's just supposed to be fun with some cool songs thrown in for good measure. Nothing more. Nothing less. And, if you don't like the stars, this wouldn't have been a movie for you to go see. But for the fans of those four big time operators, this film is a ball. Attention to detail sometimes makes a movie, and starting out a film about Prohibition Era gangsters with a cameo of Edward G. Robinson...well, that's paying attention to detail. The first musical number ("All for One and One for All") is a hoot as sung by that man with the velvet voice -- Peter Falk. Of course he's a lousy singer; that's the point. I don't even like Peter Falk, but he's perfect for his role in this film. Dean Martin's primary solo ("Any Man Who Loves His Mother") is hokey...and it's supposed to be...I'm not particularly enamored of it...but it does show off his mellow voice nicely. It's also interesting to watch Dean's subtle facial expressions in some of the scenes, and you'll notice that he is often focusing all his attention on Bing Crosby. Sammy Davis' primary number ("Bang Bang") shows off his vocal and tap dancing abilities very well, although Sammy got a bit short-changed in this film...and you'll note that he's the only main character without a love episode. But the best role of all -- though he doesn't appear until just about halfway through the film -- belongs to Bing Crosby...a "do-gooder" with some intentions that may be less than honorable. Crosby has 2 notable numbers, one with some kids and the other the lead in "Mister Booze". One can still see the old pro excelling even late in his life, and it's a pleasure. Of course, Frank Sinatra's big number here is "My Kind Of Town", one of his signature songs. Additional cast members do their jobs. I especially liked Robert Foulk as the original sheriff. But the cameo appearance of all time -- short lived though it was, was Edward G. Robinson -- a classic touch. You need to watch for little touches in the dialog that are quite clever. For example, the telephone number at one point is Garfield...", in homage to John Garfield. Lots of little thing like that. If there's one criticism I have is that the boys (Dean, Frank, Bing, and Sammy) didn't take enough care in lip-syncing the songs, and even some of the dialog. It's really quite noticeable and distracting. This is a good film. Not one of the great musicals of the 40s or 50s, but a rather pleasant romp with the Rat Pack. Have fun watching it. The Warner Brothers Blu-Ray disc I purchased her on Amazon was an excellent transfer.

I thoroughly enjoyed this movie and thought it was funny same time! Not bad at all for a musical featuring a legendary singer (Sinatra) and his cohorts Sammy Davis, Jr. Dean Martin and Bing Crosby and the antics of Peter Falk and romantic Barbara Rush.

No dislikes. Sinatra's Rat Pack films are an acquired taste, but the music is good. Sinatra's "Chicago" became one of his most requested hits. This is also one of the very few examples of Sinatra and Bing Crosby singing together on film, the other notable one being "High Society" (which is a truly excellent movie with both Grace Kelly and Louis Armstrong giving strong performances. Sinatra's and Crosby's duet "Well, Did You Ever" is great.

GOOD

I love old movies without curses and any sex scenes. Great comedy.