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5.9/10 • 35

1960-12-261h 20m

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All-New Adventures of Robin Hood! The world's most fearless fighter faces his greatest challenge!

Robin of Loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow Hubert Walter, King's Chancellor and Archbishop of Canterbury. The plotters, the Sheriff of Nottingham and the Earl of Newark, have set an ambush for Walter and Lady Marian Fitzwater. Will Robin get to them before it is too late?

Directors
Terence Fisher
Editors
Lee Doig

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  1. Richard Greene

    Richard Greene

    Robin Hood

  2. Peter Cushing

    Peter Cushing

    Sheriff of Nottingham

  3. Niall MacGinnis

    Niall MacGinnis

    Friar Tuck

  4. Richard Pasco

    Richard Pasco

    Edward, Earl of Newark

  5. Jack Gwillim

    Jack Gwillim

    Archbishop Hubert Walter

  6. Sarah Branch

    Sarah Branch

    Maid Marian

  7. Nigel Green

    Nigel Green

    Little John

  8. Edwin Richfield

    Edwin Richfield

    The Sheriff's Lieutenant

  9. Vanda Godsell

    Vanda Godsell

    The Prioress

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John Chard

May 4, 2014

7/10

Marian. Catch! Sword of Sherwood Forest is directed by Terence Fisher and written by Alan Hackney. It stars Richard Greene, Sarah Branch, Peter Cushing, Richard Pasco, Nigel Green, Oliver Reed and Niall MacGinnis. Music is by Alun Hoddinott and cinematography by Ken Hodges. One of Hammer Films’ Robin Hood movies that reinvents the legend with some lively swashbuckling glee. Plot is kind of incidental, this really is about some good honest family entertainment involving sword fights, bow and arrow skills, political machinations and some costume malarkey. There’s a good story here, based around a dastardly assassination plot that Robin and his merry men get dragged into, this part of the pic is well written and directed with assuredness by Fisher, one of Hammer’s greatest directors. Richard Greene reprises the role of Robin that he played in the popular TV show The Adventures of Robin Hood, and whilst he is unlikely to be at the top of anyone’s favourite Robin Hood portrayal lists, he’s comfortable in the tights and engages heroically enough in all the right places. Cushing is the class act on show as the evil Sheriff of Nottingham, and Branch is fetching as Marian, though the sparks never fly between herself and Greene. Sadly there’s irritants that stop the film pushing through the forest to breathe fresh air with the best of the other Hood outings. So much focus is spent on Robin the man, his merry men barely get a look in to impact on proceedings. Which when you have Nigel Green as Little John amounts to a crime of a wasted opportunity. The choreography for all the fight scenes is adequate enough, but it lacks dynamism, while Oliver Reed may be enjoying himself greatly, but he adopts an accent that I don’t think has been invented yet! Still, lots of fun here regardless. 7/10

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Status
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Original Language
English
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Keywords
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