It stars richard greene, sarah branch, peter cushing, richard pasco, nigel green, oliver reed and niall macginnis. Richard greene reprises the role of robin hood, which he played in the adventures of robin hood on tv from 1955 to 1959. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 spoilers and bloopers imdb. Filmography for richard greene turner classic movies. The film was produced by francis searle for act films ltd, and was a sequel to fishers final appointment of the previous year, featuring sleuthing journalists mike billings and jenny drew. Sword of sherwood forest is a lesser film than both the errol flynn version and the disney version, but it is entertaining and handsomely mounted. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Robin and his men rescue an unnamed rider seriously wounded who is fleeing to sherwood forest on his horse, being chased by the sheriffs men. Heres a brief snippet from the film featuring peter cushing sheriff of nottingham and richard greene robin hood. Hollywood has been making robin hood films for more than a century, with yet another one released just last month albeit with a. As a fan of hammer, as a fan of peter cushing, as a fan of director terence fisher, and as a fan of robin hood, this one should have easily clicked for me instead, its a rather tired rendition of the saga.
Sword of sherwood forest twilight time blu ray hammer columbia 1960 megascope. Sword of sherwood forest th century, os add comments. Verysdale is a part of medieval england which is mentioned in the early ballads of robin hood especially the ballad a gest of robyn hode, in which a friendly knight, richard at the lee, befriends the gallant outlaw and later is revealed as the lord or earl of verysdale. Film sabia dreptatii sword of sherwood forest sword of. Sword of sherwood forest features some other fine supporting performances, including richard pasco as edward, earl of newark. Today, sherwood forest national nature reserve encompasses 423. Sword of sherwood forest letterboxd your life in film. This time, robin does a little undercover work to determine the wicked machinations of the sheriff of nottingham played by hammer stalwart peter cushing. No quotes approved yet for sword of sherwood forest. Sword of sherwood forest movie quotes rotten tomatoes. After effectively revitalizing many of the classic hollywood monsters, its not surprising that englands hammer films would take on a folklore hero most famously played by errol flynn in 1938. Shorter works and television productions are listed separately.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 sword of sherwood forest. Richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis, sarah branch, richard pasco, jack gwillim, nigel green, vanda godsell, dennis lotis, oliver reed and derren nesbitt. This time, robin does a little undercover work to determine the wicked. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 trivia 6 add new oliver reeds voice is not heard. It stars richard greene, the robin of the tv series, but the rest of the cast were replaced by more recognisable film actors and young hammer contract players including oliver reed. Responsible for classics horror of dracula, curse of frankenstein, and record breaking. Stolen assignment is a 1955 british comedy film directed by terence fisher and starring john bentley and hy hazell. When two titles are shown for a single film, the first title is that as released in the uk, the second in the us. Best and worst robin hood adaptations of all time page 5. Peter cushing, richard greene, oliver reed, nigel green, niall macginnis, sarah branch. Sword of sherwood forest is directed by terence fisher and written by alan hackney.
While hammer films was reigning supreme as the creators of highqualit. Sword of sherwood forest blu ray scarletthefilmmagazine. The best robin hood movie that does not star errol flynn. Reeds own voice is heard in the films trailer, where he adopts a very camp lisping french accent. In one of the film s most memorable scenes, he and robin engage in a challenge of marksmanship, which includes shooting an arrow through a. Reis, hammer films sword of sherwood forest 1960 is a bigscreen adaptation of the popular television series, the adventures of robin hood 195559.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. Sword of sherwood forest makes its north american home video debut on dvd in a 2. Sherwood forest is a royal forest in nottinghamshire, england, famous by its historic association with the legend of robin hood the area has been wooded since the end of the last glacial period as attested by pollen sampling cores. Richard greene has slowly become one of my favorite actors in medium budget movies along with peter cushing who plays a wonderful sheriff of nottingham in this hammer release. These are the known, theatrically released, featurelength films produced or coproduced by hammer productions. Richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis this 1960 british film cast. The prime architect for the gothic horror revival of the 50s, hammer studios began the next decade with a revival of the lessthanfashionable swashbuckler genre by setting their sights on the legend of robin hood but even with an audiencefriendly runtime of 80 minutes, the lackadaisical sword of sherwood forest may have the most ardent hammer fan checking their watch. From 1954 to 1967, the company released three different movies starring the famous outlaw, of which sword of sherwood forest is the second. Vezi film sabia dreptatii sword of sherwood forest sword of sherwood forest sword of sherwood forest 1960 online subtitrat in romana. Sword of sherwood forest is a film directed by terence fisher with peter cushing, richard greene, sarah branch, richard pasco, year. Music is by alun hoddinott and cinematography by ken hodges. Mac sherwoodske sume je britanski pustolovnohistorijski film snimljen 1960.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Read about the sword of sherwood forest dvd and browse other dvd movies. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Some shots look remarkably crisp and clear while others show a fair bit of heavy grain and mild print damage resulting in. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of sword of sherwood forest with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at.
Greene is the only actor to cross over from the small screen to this theatrical release hammers second robin hood film after the men of sherwood forest, 1954, but his merry men are an impressive whos who of british supporting talent, including niall macginnis curse of the demon as friar tuck, nigel green zulu as little john. Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. Sword of sherwood forest terence fisher 1960 76min. Cast and crew credits for sword of sherwood forest, 1961, directed by terence fisher, with richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis, at turner classic movies.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 clumsy swordfight youtube. Sword of sherwood forest is a 1960 british technicolor adventure film in megascope directed by terence fisher for hammer film productions. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Protagonist, koga tumaci richard greene, je engleski aristokrat robin od locksleya, poznatiji kao robin hood, koga zli serif od nottinghama koga tumaci peter cushing odluci iskoristiti kako bi uklonio huberta waltera ciji lik tumaci jack. Rogues of sherwood forest is a 1950 technicolor adventure film directed by gordon douglas and featuring john derek as robin the earl of huntingdon, the son of robin hood, diana lynn as lady marianne, and alan hale, sr. Find out about all the goofs from sword of sherwood forest 1960 on imdb.
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