The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

2/21/19461h 26m

Theatrical Release (US)

Overview:

Robin Hood's swashbuckling son comes to the rescue when England's boy-king is captured by the evil, power-hungry William of Pembroke.

Director:

George Sherman

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

robin hood

Cast

Cornel Wilde

~ as ~

Robert of Nottingham

Anita Louise

~ as ~

Lady Catherine Maitland

Jill Esmond

~ as ~

The Queen Mother

Edgar Buchanan

~ as ~

Friar Tuck

Henry Daniell

~ as ~

The Regent - William of Pembroke

George Macready

~ as ~

Fitz-Herbert

Russell Hicks

~ as ~

Robin Hood - Earl of Huntington

John Abbott

~ as ~

Will Scarlet

Lloyd Corrigan

~ as ~

Sheriff of Nottingham

Eva Moore

~ as ~

Mother Meg

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Reviews (1)

John Chard
Written 11 year(s) ago
8
Well buckle my swash son of Robin Hood!

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest is directed by George Sherman and Henry Levin and collectively written by Wilfrid H. Pettitt, Melvin Levy and Paul A. Castleton. It stars Cornel Wilde, Anita Louise, Jill Esmond, Edgar Buchanan, Henry Daniel, George Macready and Russell Hicks. Music is by Hugo Fridehofer and cinematography is shared between Tony Gaudio, William Snyder and George B. Meehan.

A wonderful spin on the Robin Hood legend, this finds Robin Hood (Hicks) enlisting the help of his son Robert (Wilde) in stopping the nefarious members of the Regency who seek to basically abolish the Magna Carta. What follows in narrative trajectory terms is the usual array of fights and face-offs, with bow and arrows skills supplementing the swordplay. There is of course some simmering passions at work, whilst loyalty and camaraderie is never ever far away.

There's such a sense of fun about the picture, it's like everyone is enjoying playing in a costume adventure. The Technicolor is luscious and the set design and art direction is impressive, more so when put into context the modest budget allocated to the production by Columbia.

The draw card is Wilde, a one time Olympic standard fencer, he utterly convinces as a swashbuckler and has charm in abundance. It's very unlikely anyone will ever fill a Robin Hood based film role with the panache that Errol Flynn did back in 1938, but Wilde most assuredly nails down a marker for one of the genre's best.

Not all the costuming strikes as period reflective, neither does one or two character accents, but it matters not one jot. A sometimes rousing and often engaging swashbuckling adventure, The Bandit of Sherwood Forest is one of the better "Hood" movies out there. 8/10