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Sword of Sherwood Forest

Year:

1961

Duration:

80 min

Genres:

Adventure

IMDB rate:

6.5

Director:

Terence Fisher

Details

Country: UK

Release Date: 1961-01-25

Filming Locations: Ardmore Studios, Herbert Road, Bray, County Wicklow, Ireland

Cast

Actor

Character

Oliver Reed

Richard Greene

Robin Hood

Peter Cushing

Sheriff of Nottingham

Niall MacGinnis

Friar Tuck

Richard Pasco

Edward, Earl of Newark

Jack Gwillim

Archbishop of Canterbury Hubert Walter

Sarah Branch

Maid Marian Fitzwalter

Nigel Green

Little John

Vanda Godsell

The Prioress

Edwin Richfield

The Sheriff's Lieutenant

Charles Lamb

Old Bowyer

Dennis Lotis

Alan A'Dale

Jack Cooper

Master of Archery (uncredited)

Patrick Crean

Lord Ollerton (uncredited)

Barry De Boulay

Officer (uncredited)

John Franklin

Archbishop's Adjutant (uncredited)

Aiden Grennell

1st Veteran Outlaw (uncredited)

Maureen Halligan

Portress (uncredited)

Reginald Hearne

1st Man of Arms (uncredited)

John Hoey

Old Jack (uncredited)

Adam Keane

Retford (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

Wounded Fugitive (uncredited)

Anew McMaster

Judge (uncredited)

Derren Nesbitt

Martin of Eastwood, merry man (uncredited)

James Neylin

Roger, a merry man (uncredited)

Brian Rawlinson

1st Falconer (uncredited)

Paddy Ryan

Robin's Merry Man in Tree

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Trivia

The movie as we now have it is without its original opening sequence, which was cut; apparently, it depicted the Lord being murdered while on crusade and his squire fleeing to Sherwood Forest on his horse. As it is, the movie now opens with him riding into the forest on horseback and his identity is never revealed.

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Richard Greene (Robin Hood) was the only actor to reprise his role from The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). The other roles were played by an entirely new set of actors.

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Oliver Reed's voice is not heard; he's dubbed throughout by another (anonymous) actor attempting to sound like Reed's normal voice. Reed's own voice is heard in the film's trailer, where he adopts a very camp lisping French accent.

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Goofs

When Robin takes the cup of water up to Lord Melton, he is without his bow. But the bow is in his hand when he returns to Friar Tuck.

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In one scene, Robin is asked to shoot at a pumpkin. Pumpkins are a New World squash; the earliest references to Robin Hood are from about 1228, well before Columbus' voyage.

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It is fairly obvious that the film was made in Ireland and that much of the smaller part casting was done there; the people in the inn in Bawtry and the nuns in the priory all spoke with Irish accents.

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