Seven Thieves

Seven Thieves
Film poster
Directed byHenry Hathaway
Screenplay bySydney Boehm
Based onThe Lions at the Kill
1959 novel
by Max Catto
Produced bySydney Boehm
StarringEdward G. Robinson
Rod Steiger
Joan Collins
Eli Wallach
CinematographySam Leavitt
Edited byDorothy Spencer
Music byDominic Frontiere
Distributed byTwentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
Release date
  • March 12, 1960 (1960-03-12) (New York City)
Running time
102 min
LanguageEnglish/French
Budget$1,650,000[1]

Seven Thieves is a 1960 American heist crime drama film shot in CinemaScope. It stars Edward G. Robinson, Rod Steiger, Joan Collins and Eli Wallach.

Directed by Henry Hathaway and produced by Sydney Boehm, it was adapted for the screen by Sydney Boehm, based on the 1959 novel The Lions At The Kill by Max Catto.[2] Technical advisor was Candy Barr, who, as choreographer, taught dance routines to Collins.

Seven Thieves received an Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design Black-and-White (Bill Thomas).

  1. ^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p252
  2. ^ "Max Catto".