A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967)

Director:

C.M. Pennington-Richards

Writer:

Peter Bryan (original screenplay)

Release Date:

August 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Sword Fight | Robin Hood | Character Name In Title

Cast

Barrie Ingham	...	Robin de Courtenay, alias Robin Hood
Peter Blythe	...	Sir Roger de Courtenay
John Arnatt	...	Sheriff of Nottingham
Gay Hamilton	...	Lady Marian Fitzwarren
John Gugolka	...	Stephen Fitzwarren, the boy
James Hayter	...	Friar Tuck
Eric Flynn	...	Alan-a-Dale
Reg Lye	...	Much
Leon Greene	...	Little John
Douglas Mitchell	...	Will Scarlett
John Harvey	...	Wallace, Sir Roger's chief henchman
Arthur Hewlett	...	Edwin, the castle steward
John Graham	...	Justin, a loyal guard
Jenny Till	...	The Imposter Lady Marian
William Squire	...	Sir John de Courtenay

Runtime:

96 min | Germany:92 min | USA:85 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound Recording)

Certification:

Australia:G | UK:U | USA:G

Filming Locations:

Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Hammer Film Productions

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The opening credits roll over a shot of a castle and there is a vapor trail in the sky above the battlements.

Movie Connections:

Featured in World of Robin Hood (2006) (TV)

Medieval acting 101

A ropey version of the Robin Hood legend replete with stock medieval cliches. It's period acting 101 with fake hearty laughing, thigh slapping, people taking one bite out of a chicken leg before throwing it away, roughly handling serving boys, dodgy wrestling, cringeworthy ballads being sung by the Merry Men and improbable feats of archery (in one scene Robin, with a hood over his head...get it?...manages to fire an arrow into a red ribbon attatched to a pidgeon), and it has to be the only Robin Hood movie with a custard pie fight. But there's great bad dialogue to savour as well: "I'll savour those morsels intended for Sir Roger's table!", "Then we'll build a wall around this forest with thicket and thorn" and "You'll hear a lot more before you swing from a gibbet". This is one to watch with your friends, half drunk, and trying to spot the cliches.