Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Onlinewsma Absolutely Brilliant!

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

MartinHafer The crime caper was a very popular genre back in the 1950s and 60s and a ton of these films were made. There were some wonderful examples, such as "Rififi", "Bob le Flambeur", "The Killing" and "Grand Slam", and some weaker ones and "Seven Thieves" is, at times, a poor one--and could have been so much better. Sure, it's got all the needed things for a caper film--an exotic location on the French Riviera, a complicated and interesting plan and some decent acting (at least in some cases). However, it fails because of one major problem--the dialog was, at times, simply dreadful and full of clichés. Now this did not occur to a the characters but was a severe handicap with the movie's lone lady, Joan Collins. While I am sure she could act, here she isn't given a lot and her character is stupid. She plays a stripper. Yet, she plays a 'stripper with a heart of gold'--a giant cliché if I've ever seen one. What bothered me much more was during her angry exchange with 'method burglar' (Rod Steiger)--it made no sense and having her being caught in many outright lies and his reaction just made no sense at all--nor did her faux petulance. You see, in this dumb scene, despite agreeing to take part in a HUGE robbery, she insists that she's a nice girl from a nice family! What the heck!? Was the writer on pot?! You really have to see it--it's REALLY bad...so bad that I felt sorry for Collins, because she is more a pretty piece of furniture than a person in much of the film. None of the men were given such silly and weak characters to play. As I also said, Steiger plays a method actor playing a method burglar--and he came off a bit silly just because this scene with Collins completely undid this characterization--when all his believability and consistency as a character went out the window. Too bad...otherwise, it was a pretty decent film.

gelalema This film about a heist of a casino in Monte Carlo is graced by three giants of the film industry, Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, and Eli Wallach. Steiger in particular gives his multi-faceted performance superb shading and sensitivity in the development of his relationship with Edward G. Robinson, whose performance, as always, is stellar. Rod Steiger is incapable of giving a bad performance, but his touching reactions when the character played by Robinson dies at the end of the heist is one of the best portrayals you will ever see an actor give in any film. Joan Collins part is a bit overdrawn, especially with the unnecessary exposition at the beginning where she dances at the strip joint, but her participation later lends gravitas and poignancy to the dramatic line. See this film for the performances of Steiger, Wallach and Robinson if for no other reason. I have watched it five times and never miss it when it is shown on TV. The power and pathos of Steiger's performance make it work the watching, time and again.

dbdumonteil Henry Hathaway is a very underrated director;think that his brilliant filmography includes poetic escapist movies ("Peter Ibbetson" ) adventures movies ("Lives of a Bengal lancer is the prototype of the genre)westerns ("Garden of evil" ) war movies ("13 Rue Madeleine" ) and of course thrillers : films noirs such as "Call north 777" or suspense stories like "23 paces to Baker Street" .He even mixed western with whodunit à la Agatha Christie in " Five cards stud"."Seven Thieves" belongs more or less to the thriller genre and Hathaway displays his extraordinary sense of suspense :the scene of the window and of the guy who gets dizzy or the moment when Wallach has to swallow a pill which might mean his death .We can also notice his perfect mastery of the wide screen: a shot shows on the right Joan Collins walking across the casino while on the left the Duc de Salins is talking to the detective."Seven thieves" is thoroughly enjoyable ,very well acted ,with actor's studio thespians such as Steiger and Wallach -but there is nothing intellectual in this film-,veterans like E.G.Robinson (his death predates the extraordinary sequence in Fleischer's "Solyent Green" (1974))Joan Collins is as good a night club dancer as she is a so called socialite (Madame de la Cruz).Nice shots of the Riviera and Monaco/Monte Carlo.

bsmith5552 "Seven Thieves" is an average but interesting little "rob the casino" caper, raised a level by the quality of the acting.Edward G. Robinson stars as "the professor" who masterminds a plot to rob a Monte Carlo casino. For Robinson, this represents his one last chance to make a major score before he cashes in. Rod Steiger plays on old acquaintance from the States whom Robinson tries to recruit in order to complete his team. Joan Collins, looking gorgeous, is the femme fatale and Eli Wallach as Poncho the Sax playing member of the group. Michael Dante, Alexander Scourby and Berry Kroeger round out the rest of the "Seven Thieves". Sebastian Cabot also appears as the casino director.Robinson in what amounts to a supporting role, is excellent as always. Steiger's method acting seems a little misplaced here, however under Henry Hathaway's direction, he does deliver a good performance. Collins was never more beautiful and performs a couple of provocative (for 1960) dances in a cabaret with Wallach."Seven Thieves" is always interesting but contains little in the way of physical action. There are a couple of surprises as well, but I thought the ending was a bit of a let down. Nevertheless, It is still an interesting film to watch if only see the performances of the stellar cast.