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Overview
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Directors:
Writers:
Norman Reilly Raine (original screenplay) and
Seton I. Miller (original screenplay)
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Release Date:
14 May 1938 (USA) more
Tagline:
The Best Loved Bandit Of All Time! more
Plot:
When Prince John and the Norman Lords begin oppressing the Saxon masses in King Richard's absence, a Saxon lord fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla army. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 2 nominations more
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(8 articles)
20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
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20 Most Anticipated Period Films (Part 2)
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Errol Flynn was the best swashbuckler of the sound era... more (170 total)
Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Errol Flynn | ... | Robin Hood | |
| Olivia de Havilland | ... | Maid Marian | |
| Basil Rathbone | ... | Sir Guy of Gisbourne | |
| Claude Rains | ... | Prince John | |
| Patric Knowles | ... | Will Scarlett | |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Friar Tuck | |
| Alan Hale | ... | Little John | |
| Melville Cooper | ... | High Sheriff of Nottingham | |
| Ian Hunter | ... | King Richard the Lion-Heart | |
| Una O'Connor | ... | Bess | |
| Herbert Mundin | ... | Much | |
| Montagu Love | ... | Bishop of the Black Canons | |
| Leonard Willey | ... | Sir Essex | |
| Robert Noble | ... | Sir Ralf | |
| Kenneth Hunter | ... | Sir Mortimer |
Additional Details
Also Known As:
Robin Hood (Australia) (TV title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for adventure violence.
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Runtime:
102 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:PG (DVD rating) | USA:Approved (original rating) (PCA #3790) | Portugal:M/6 | Canada:G (video rating) | West Germany:6 (nf) | Germany:6 (video rating) | South Korea:12 (DVD rating) (2003) | USA:TV-G (TV rating) | New Zealand:G (single DVD) | New Zealand:PG (2 dvd set) | Sweden:Btl (uncut) (1969) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Canada:G (Manitoba/Nova Scotia/Quebec) | Chile:TE | Finland:K-16 (1938) | Ireland:G | Norway:7 | Peru:PT | Sweden:Btl (cut) (1938) | UK:U | USA:PG (re-rating) (2003)
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Fun Stuff
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Despite his flamboyant performance as Robin Hood, Errol Flynn privately professed that he found the role a boring one. more
Goofs:
Continuity: There is a scene where a Norman knight is accosting a young lady and he is shot in the back with an arrow (which also douses a candle). If you look closely at the Knight's back, you can see 2 holes in his tunic which appear to have been made by arrow shots in previous takes. more
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[first lines]
Town Crier announcing capture of Richard:
News has come from Vienna: "Leopold of Austria has seized King Richard on his return from the Crusades. Our king is being held prisoner. Nothing further is known. His Highness Prince John will make further public pronouncement tomorrow."
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Cineastes en acció (2005) more
FAQ
How much sex, violence, and profanity are in this movie?When Robin wins the archery tournament, Sir Guy asks why he didn't use a black arrow. What is a black arrow?
A Note Regarding Spoilers
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Michael Curtiz received only a single Academy Award for directing the best of wartime espionage movies "Casablanca" but made great classics like "Captain Blood", "The Charge of the Light Brigade", "The Sea Hawk" and "The Adventures of Robin Hood," orchestrating enthusiastically great stars and skilled technicians... He refined with charm and elegance plot and character with fluid camera movement and exquisite lightning, mixing action with peculiar sense of humor capturing with brilliant photography the natural look of Sherwood Forest, the cool tones of Nottingham Castle and the inn at Luton with its crackling fireplace...
The film had great marvelous scenes: When Robin decides to tackle with a staff Little John (Alan Hale); Robin's swordsplay with the gallant Friar Tuck (Eugene Palette); Robin and his Forest outlaws giving a warm welcome to Lady Marian and to the treasure's wagon lead by Sir Guy and the High Sheriff ; The Archery Tournament; Robin's Merry Men entering Nottingham Castle; and the magnificent final duel, with a masterful score, between Robin & Sir Guy...
Errol Flynn was the best swashbuckler of the sound era... He was ideally cast as the Saxon knight Sir Robin of Locksley who became a rebel outlaw robbing the rich to feed the poor... With his Merry Men he saved Saxon England against Norman ambitions... His most frequent enemies were the noisy High Sheriff of Nottingham (Melvin Cooper), the evil Bishop of Black Canon (Montagu Love), the eloquent chief conspirator Sir Guy of Gasbourne, and Prince John...
Flynn's splendid figure 'leaping, jumping, scaling and swinging' made him a great leader of men sheltering the old and the helpless... He was a romantic hero 'twinkling' with malice, gallantly courting the exquisite Olivia De Havilland...
Olivia De Havilland was a pretty and delicate woman in love with a brave and reckless outlaw...
Basil Rathbone, superb as the arrogant Sir Guy of Gisbourne, spreads terror by torturing, rivaling Robin for Lady Marian...
Claude Rains was the treacherous prince John who orders his Norman knights to oppress the helpless Saxons suffocating them with thefts, and burning their farms... He vows that Robin must be captured...
Winner of 3 Academy Awards (Art Direction, Original Score and Film Editing) "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is a delighted tale of high adventure, a tale of action and colorful pageantry, a great film for all the family...