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The Men of Sherwood Forest

  • 19541954
  • 1h 17m
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5.6/10
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Reginald Beckwith, Ballard Berkeley, David King-Wood, Harold Lang, Eileen Moore, Don Taylor, and Douglas Wilmer in The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Adventure
In 1194, on his return from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart is taken prisoner in Germany. Disguised as a troubadour, Robin Hood formulates a plan to rescue Richard but he is capture... Read allIn 1194, on his return from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart is taken prisoner in Germany. Disguised as a troubadour, Robin Hood formulates a plan to rescue Richard but he is captured himself.In 1194, on his return from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart is taken prisoner in Germany. Disguised as a troubadour, Robin Hood formulates a plan to rescue Richard but he is captured himself.
IMDb RATING
5.6/10
314
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  • Stars
    • Don Taylor
    • Reginald Beckwith
    • Eileen Moore
    • Val Guest
    • Allan MacKinnon
  • Stars
    • Don Taylor
    • Reginald Beckwith
    • Eileen Moore
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    • 12Critic reviews
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    Don Taylor
    Don Taylor
    • Robin Hood
    Reginald Beckwith
    Reginald Beckwith
    • Friar Tuck
    Eileen Moore
    Eileen Moore
    • Lady Alys
    David King-Wood
    • Sir Guy Belton
    Douglas Wilmer
    Douglas Wilmer
    • Sir Nigel Saltire
    Harold Lang
    • Hubert
    Ballard Berkeley
    Ballard Berkeley
    • Walter
    Patrick Holt
    Patrick Holt
    • King Richard
    Wensley Pithey
    • Hugo
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    Leslie Linder
    Leslie Linder
    • Little John
    John Van Eyssen
    • Will Scarlett
    Toke Townley
    • Father David
    Vera Pearce
    • Elvira
    John Stuart
    John Stuart
    • Moraine
    John Kerr
    • Brian of Eskdale
    Raymond Rollett
    Raymond Rollett
    • Abbot St. Jude
    Leonard Sachs
    Leonard Sachs
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    • Town Crier
      • Val Guest
      • Allan MacKinnon
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    • Trivia
      This was Hammer Film Productions' first film in colour.
    • Goofs
      King Richard never returned to England after his release from captivity.
    • Connections
      Featured in The World of Hammer: Hammer (1994)

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    7/10
    Frolics in the Forest
    Hammer's first film in colour, and the first of a trio of Robin Hood adventures they made over the years.

    The woodland around Bray, familiar from Hammer's later gothic horrors, here serves as Sherwood Forest. The film has a jolly script, done justice by the cast, which contains none of the later Hammer regulars; although some (like Ballard Berkeley and Leonard Sachs) later became familiar on TV, and several of the cast were to appear soon afterwards in 'The Quatermass Experiment' (notably David King Wood, who here plays the saturnine Sir Guy). An uncredited Bernard Bresslaw who plays a gormless guard was later up for the role of Frankenstein's monster, and only lost out to Christopher Lee because his agent asked for more money.

    Lanky Don Taylor, the then obligatory American star, does a good job of emulating the impishness and grace of Errol Flynn; while Eileen Moore's mischievous 'Lady Alys' (with lips more blood red than any of Dracula's later brides) looks good both in tights and on horseback.
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    • Release date
      • November 17, 1954 (United Kingdom)
      • United Kingdom
      • English
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      • Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, Robertsbridge, East Sussex, UK
    • Production company
      • Hammer Films
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    • 1 hour 17 minutes

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