The Bandit of Sherwood Forest (1946)

The adventures of Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood.

Directors:

Henry Levin, George Sherman

Writers:

Wilfred H. Petitt (screen play) (as Wilfrid H. Pettitt), Melvin Levy (screen play)

Stars:

Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Anita Louise	...	Lady Catherine Maitland
Jill Esmond	...	The Queen Mother
Edgar Buchanan	...	Friar Tuck
Cornel Wilde	...	Robert of Nottingham
Henry Daniell	...	The Regent - William of Pembroke
George Macready	...	Fitz-Herbert
Russell Hicks	...	Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington
John Abbott	...	Will Scarlet
Lloyd Corrigan	...	Sheriff of Nottingham
Eva Moore	...	Mother Meg
Ray Teal	...	Little John
Leslie Denison	...	Allan-A-Dale
Ian Wolfe	...	Lord Mortimer
Maurice Tauzin	...	The King
Miles Mander	...	Lord Warrick

Storyline

Robert of Nottingham, the son of Robin Hood, goes to the aid of the Queen Mother and the beautiful Lady Catherine, who are fleeing the cruel Regent, William of Pembroke, who has the King imprisoned in the castle. Robert, Catherine and Friar Tuck enter the guarded castle and free the King, but Robert and Catherine are captured.

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Plot Keywords:

castle | friar | horseback riding | captured by enemy | death by sword | 

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Taglines:

And now the Son of Robin Hood...dashing lover...adventurer...outlaw!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Family | History | Romance

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Certificate:

Passed

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 February 1946 (USA)

Also Known As:

De zoon van Robin Hood

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,000,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$3,000,000

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Howard Hill, one of the great archery experts of the 1930s and 1940s, worked on the earlier Errol Flynn classic The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and, in particular, provided all of the special trick shots during the famous archery tournament. He taught Flynn how to use a bow and arrow and presumably did the same for Cornel Wilde on this film.

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Goofs

The Regent withdraws the Magna Carta and, when the nobles agree, the Earl of Huntington (the former Robin Hood) vows to fight him and maintain the people's right to rule themselves. In fact, the Magna Carta didn't create a democracy, it was forced upon King John by the nobles to guarantee the rights and establish the political power of the nobles, not the people. The nobles would never have let the Regent withdraw the Magna Carta and strip them of their power.

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Quotes

Fitz-Herbert: This is most unfortunate, my lord. Strangers in the castle!

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Connections

Edited into Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950)

User Reviews

Another King To Rescue

As the Robin Hood legend goes Robin Hood was the son of a noble forced into outlawry when he defended King Richard I against the usurpation of his brother John. The fictional Robin Hood was ennobled again by a grateful king and he lived for a while happily ever after.

But now it's the troubles of a new generation, old Robin Hood played by Russell Hicks opposes the Earl of Pembroke who is the regent for the minor King Henry III, son of King John who Robin Hood had so much problems with. Just the fact that Henry Daniell is playing Pembroke is enough to tell you who the villain is. He wants to do a Richard III number and make himself king.

Hicks is getting old, but he's got his son Cornel Wilde to do the real heavy action stuff and he and the Merry Men of both generations get to do their thing again. Wilde is once again The Bandit Of Sherwood Forest.

I feel bad for William Marshall the Earl of Pembroke who was the son of the first William Marshall who had the same title. Neither Marshall was a bad guy given the mores of the times. In fact he married the King's sister and had his own entry into the royal family.

Daniell, the man with the built in sneer in his voice is aided and abetted by George MacReady and there's a pair of villains to worry about especially in the same film.

Jill Esmond plays the Dowager Queen and Mother of the king played by Maurice Tozzin. Her lady in waiting is Anita Louise who is where Cornel wants to make some time with. But saving the king comes first.

Wilde is a natural swashbuckler, it didn't hurt his career that in real life he was a master fencer, a member in fact of the US Olympic team before he was an actor. The best parts always seemed to go to Errol Flynn or Tyrone Power.

History gets trashed in The Bandit Of Sherwood Forest but with the cast it has, the film is a royal treat.