Seven against Chicago
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Seven against Chicago |
| Original title | Robin and the 7 Hoods |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1964 |
| length | 123 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Gordon Douglas |
| script | David R. Schwartz |
| production | Frank Sinatra |
| music | Sammy Cahn , Jimmy Van Heusen (Arrangements: Nelson Riddle ) |
| camera | William H. Daniels |
| cut | Sam O'Steen |
| occupation | |
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Seven Against Chicago is a 1964 American film.
action
The film takes place in the gangster milieu of Chicago in the early 1930s. The mob boss Big Jim is murdered on his birthday party on behalf of the corrupt Sheriff Glick. Guy Gisborne then seizes power in Chicago; Robbo, Big Jim's foster son, is the only one who refuses to accept him. Together with his friends, he tries to keep his little gangster enclave in the north of Chicago against the overwhelming power of Guy Gisborne.
Marian Stevens is the daughter of Big Jim. Her mother had died giving birth; Big Jim had wanted to keep her out of his surroundings and sent her abroad to private schools. After the death of her father, she suddenly appears in Chicago. She asks Robbo to kill her father's murderer. Robbo refuses, however, and does not accept Marian's money; instead, he has Will distribute it to the poor in Chicago. When Sheriff Glick falls out of favor with Gisborne, the latter has him murdered. Robbo, meanwhile, rises as a benefactor of Chicago, is referred to by the media as the modern Robin Hood , and receives support from orphanage director Allen A. Dale. This gives him the ideal camouflage for illegal business and is now an inviolable opponent for Gisborne. Gisborne's only way to get him out of the way is to cast suspicion of Sheriff Glick's murder on Robbo. In fact, Robbo comes on murder charges but is acquitted. A little later, however, the illegal business that was already spread across the country by Little John and Marian is exposed: Robbo, Little John and Will have to go into hiding and hire themselves out as Santa Clauses.
background
Seven Against Chicago is a parody of gangster films and a modernization of the Robin Hood legend. The film is structured as a musical ; the action is interrupted by numerous vocal interludes. Even Peter Falk can be seen as a singer at the beginning of the film. The author duo Sammy Cahn (lyricist) and Jimmy Van Heusen (composer) contributed the songs to this film. The most famous song in the film became My Kind of Town , which Frank Sinatra sings as a hymn to the city of Chicago after his acquittal in front of the courthouse. Since then it has been part of Sinatra's standard repertoire in his concerts. The song used in the film Mr. Booze was used in the episode The Friends of Peter G. of the animated series Family Guy and based on the film scene.
Reviews
- Initially an accurate parody of American gangster films, but the second half shows lengths. - Lexicon of international film
- "(...) an imaginative, entertaining, funny parody of the gangster films about Chicago in the twenties (...) a widescreen film that is losing out on TV." (Rating: 2½ stars = above average) - Adolf Heinzlmeier and Berndt Schulz in the lexicon "Films on TV" (extended new edition). Rasch and Röhring, Hamburg 1990, ISBN 3-89136-392-3 , p. 746
Awards
The music in the film was nominated for an Oscar and a Golden Globe Award . My Kind of Town also received an Oscar nomination for best song.
Web links
- Seven Hoods in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Family Guy Season 11 DVD Review - The talking dog and the gay baby still carry the day , blokely.com, November 7, 2011
- ↑ Family Guy's' Mr. Booze 'Number , May 7, 2013
- ↑ Seven against Chicago. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed February 2, 2017 .