![]() ![]() ![]() Well, my 13 year old mind thought that we were seeing something that would be like 'Little Ceasar Meets Al Capone!" We all left the show giving the 'thumbs up' to THE PURPLE GANG, but not really caring for SEVEN THIEVES. Desilu Playhouse had aired the two part "THE UNTOUCHABLES", which led to the weekly series. AL CAPONE was released the prior year and did okay at the Box Office. The advertising stated that it starred ".Edward G.Robinson(Little Ceasar) and Rod Steiger(Al Capone)." Gangster films were enjoying a renewed popularity at that time. It was a Double Feature with THE PURPLE GANG, a production from Allied Artists (formerly known as Monogram Pictures, a long time resident of Hollywood's Poverty Row. It was playing at our local movie show,The Ogden Theatre at 63rd & Marshfield, here in Chicago. It seems like only yesterday that the gang and myself went to see this SEVEN THIEVES picture. ![]()
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