AdventureActionFantasy

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.

Release Date : 1946-02-21

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Columbia Pictures

Production Country : United States of America

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Robert of Nottingham

Original Name : Cornel Wilde

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lady Catherine Maitland

Original Name : Anita Louise

Gender : Female

Character Name : The Queen Mother

Original Name : Jill Esmond

Gender : Female

Character Name : Friar Tuck

Original Name : Edgar Buchanan

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Regent - William of Pembroke

Original Name : Henry Daniell

Gender : Male

Character Name : Fitz-Herbert

Original Name : George Macready

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington

Original Name : Russell Hicks

Gender : Male

Character Name : Will Scarlet

Original Name : John Abbott

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff of Nottingham

Original Name : Lloyd Corrigan

Gender : Male

Character Name : Mother Meg

Original Name : Eva Moore

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little John

Original Name : Ray Teal

Gender : Male

Character Name : Allan-A-Dale

Original Name : Leslie Denison

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Mortimer

Original Name : Ian Wolfe

Gender : Male

Character Name : The King

Original Name : Maurice Tauzin

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Warrick

Original Name : Miles Mander

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robin Hood's Man (as Robert E. Scott)

Original Name : Mark Roberts

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robin Hood's Man (uncredited)

Original Name : Ross Hunter

Gender : Male

Character Name : Robin Hood's Man (uncredited)

Original Name : George Eldredge

Gender : Male

Character Name : Man-at-Arms on Search Patrol (uncredited)

Original Name : Mauritz Hugo

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prioress Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Philip Van Zandt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Prioress Guard (uncredited)

Original Name : Robert B. Williams

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Well buckle my swash son of Robin Hood! The Bandit of Sherwood Forest is directed by George Sherman and Henry Levin and collectively written by Wilfrid H. Pettitt, Melvin Levy and Paul A. Castleton. It stars Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan, Henry Daniel, George Macready and Russell Hicks. Music is by Hugo Fridehofer and cinematography is shared between Tony Gaudio, William Snyder and George B. Meehan. A wonderful spin on the Robin Hood legend, this finds Robin Hood (Hicks) enlisting the help of his son Robert (Wilde) in stopping the nefarious members of the Regency who seek to basically abolish the Magna Carta. What follows in narrative trajectory terms is the usual array of fights and face-offs, with bow and arrows skills supplementing the swordplay. There is of course some simmering passions at work, whilst loyalty and camaraderie is never ever far away. There's such a sense of fun about the picture, it's like everyone is enjoying playing in a costume adventure. The Technicolor is luscious and the set design and art direction is impressive, more so when put into context the modest budget allocated to the production by Columbia. The draw card is Wilde, a one time Olympic standard fencer, he utterly convinces as a swashbuckler and has charm in abundance. It's very unlikely anyone will ever fill a Robin Hood based film role with the panache that Errol Flynn did back in 1938, but Wilde most assuredly nails down a marker for one of the genre's best. Not all the costuming strikes as period reflective, neither does one or two character accents, but it matters not one jot. A sometimes rousing and often engaging swashbuckling adventure, The Bandit of Sherwood Forest is one of the better "Hood" movies out there. 8/10