Although the film was released in England in 1952 and opened in New York in 1954, it was not nominated for Oscars until 1956, due to its not having played in Los Angeles until then.
The Old Manor House, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, which was used for some of the exterior scenes, can still be seen in
Manor Road.
As well as James Hayter and Alexander Gauge playing Friar Tuck in different productions, they both appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood: The Haunted Mill (1956), Hayter as Tom the Miller, Gauge as Friar Tuck.
Alexander Gauge, (Tracy Tupman), and Alan Wheatley, (Fogg), appeared together in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). Alexander Gauge as Friar Tuck and Alan Wheatley as The Sherriff of Nottingham.