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Sword of Sherwood Forest

- All-New Adventures of Robin Hood! The world's most fearless fighter faces his greatest challenge!

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter and Lady Marian Fitzwater. Will Robin get to them before it is too late?

Release Date : 1960-12-26

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Hammer Film Productions

Production Country : United Kingdom

Alternative Titles :

Cast

Character Name : Robin Hood

Original Name : Richard Greene

Gender : Male

Character Name : Sheriff of Nottingham

Original Name : Peter Cushing

Gender : Male

Character Name : Friar Tuck

Original Name : Niall MacGinnis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Edward, Earl of Newark

Original Name : Richard Pasco

Gender : Male

Character Name : Archbishop Hubert Walter

Original Name : Jack Gwillim

Gender : Male

Character Name : Maid Marian

Original Name : Sarah Branch

Gender : Female

Character Name : Little John

Original Name : Nigel Green

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Sheriff's Lieutenant

Original Name : Edwin Richfield

Gender : Male

Character Name : The Prioress

Original Name : Vanda Godsell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Old Bowyer

Original Name : Charles Lamb

Gender : Male

Character Name : Alan A'Dale

Original Name : Dennis Lotis

Gender : Male

Character Name : Martin of Eastwood (uncredited)

Original Name : Derren Nesbitt

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Melton (uncredited)

Original Name : Oliver Reed

Gender : Male

Character Name : Wounded Fugitive (uncredited)

Original Name : Desmond Llewelyn

Gender : Male

Character Name : Lord Ollerton (uncredited)

Original Name : Patrick Crean

Gender : Male

Reviews

John Chard

@John Chard

2024-05-16

Marian. Catch! Sword of Sherwood Forest is directed by Terence Fisher and written by Alan Hackney. It stars Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Nigel Green, Oliver Reed and Niall MacGinnis. Music is by Alun Hoddinott and cinematography by Ken Hodges. One of Hammer Films’ Robin Hood movies that reinvents the legend with some lively swashbuckling glee. Plot is kind of incidental, this really is about some good honest family entertainment involving sword fights, bow and arrow skills, political machinations and some costume malarkey. There’s a good story here, based around a dastardly assassination plot that Robin and his merry men get dragged into, this part of the pic is well written and directed with assuredness by Fisher, one of Hammer’s greatest directors. Richard Greene reprises the role of Robin that he played in the popular TV show The Adventures of Robin Hood, and whilst he is unlikely to be at the top of anyone’s favourite Robin Hood portrayal lists, he’s comfortable in the tights and engages heroically enough in all the right places. Cushing is the class act on show as the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, and Branch is fetching as Marian, though the sparks never fly between herself and Greene. Sadly there’s irritants that stop the film pushing through the forest to breathe fresh air with the best of the other Hood outings. So much focus is spent on Robin the man, his merry men barely get a look in to impact on proceedings. Which when you have Nigel Green as Little John amounts to a crime of a wasted opportunity. The choreography for all the fight scenes is adequate enough, but it lacks dynamism, while Oliver Reed may be enjoying himself greatly, but he adopts an accent that I don’t think has been invented yet! Still, lots of fun here regardless. 7/10