Sword of sherwood forest th century, os add comments. Read about the sword of sherwood forest dvd and browse other dvd movies. 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. 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. He is an actor, known for the city of the dead 1960, sword of sherwood forest 1960 and love is a woman 1966. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 clumsy swordfight youtube. Film sabia dreptatii sword of sherwood forest sword of. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 bloopers, mistakes, errors in continuity, plot holes, anachronisms, spoilers and more. The best robin hood movie that does not star errol flynn. 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. 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. 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. No quotes approved yet for sword of sherwood forest.
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 blu ray scarletthefilmmagazine. 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. Sword of sherwood forest features some other fine supporting performances, including richard pasco as edward, earl of newark. Find out about all the goofs from sword of sherwood forest 1960 on imdb. Peter cushing, richard greene, oliver reed, nigel green, niall macginnis, sarah branch. 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. Stolen assignment is a 1955 british comedy film directed by terence fisher and starring john bentley and hy hazell. 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. Sword of sherwood forest terence fisher 1960 76min. Sword of sherwood forest twilight time blu ray hammer columbia 1960 megascope.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 movies, tv, celebs, and more. Richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis, sarah branch, richard pasco, jack gwillim, nigel green, vanda godsell, dennis lotis, oliver reed and derren nesbitt. Scriptwriter, alan hakney, director, terence fisher, and photographer, ken hodges, had all worked on the original. Vezi film sabia dreptatii sword of sherwood forest sword of sherwood forest sword of sherwood forest 1960 online subtitrat in romana. You can tell its a hammer film because peter cushing plays the sheriff of nottingham, and hes easily the best part, despite not having a lot to work with. 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. Today, sherwood forest national nature reserve encompasses 423. Heres a brief snippet from the film featuring peter cushing sheriff of nottingham and richard greene robin hood. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Filmography for richard greene turner classic movies. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 spoilers and bloopers imdb. Responsible for classics horror of dracula, curse of frankenstein, and record breaking.
Sword of sherwood forest 1960 sword of sherwood forest. Sword of sherwood forest is a 1960 british technicolor adventure film in megascope directed by terence fisher for hammer film productions. The bravados classic western, full movie, gregory peck, english free full western films duration. 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. The movie now opens with a man desmond llewelyn as wounded fugitive riding into the forest on horseback and his identity is never revealed. These are the known, theatrically released, featurelength films produced or coproduced by hammer productions. 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. Hollywood has been making robin hood films for more than a century, with yet another one released just last month albeit with a. Music is by alun hoddinott and cinematography by ken hodges. This time, robin does a little undercover work to determine the wicked machinations of the sheriff of nottingham played by hammer stalwart peter cushing. Sword of sherwood forest letterboxd your life in film. Sword of sherwood forest movie quotes rotten tomatoes. Shorter works and television productions are listed separately. 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.
While hammer films was reigning supreme as the creators of highqualit. Sword of sherwood forest makes its north american home video debut on dvd in a 2. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 trivia 6 add new oliver reeds voice is not heard. Meet the cast and learn more about the stars of sword of sherwood forest with exclusive news, pictures, videos and more at. 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. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Reis, hammer films sword of sherwood forest 1960 is a bigscreen adaptation of the popular television series, the adventures of robin hood 195559. Best and worst robin hood adaptations of all time page 5.
Poza o poti vedea in marime naturala daca apesi pe ea. 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. Established in 1934, hammer is one of the oldest and arguably the most wellknown film brand in the uk. 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. Mac sherwoodske sume je britanski pustolovnohistorijski film snimljen 1960. When two titles are shown for a single film, the first title is that as released in the uk, the second in the us. Richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis this 1960 british film cast. Sword of sherwood forest is a film directed by terence fisher with peter cushing, richard greene, sarah branch, richard pasco, year.
This time, robin does a little undercover work to determine the wicked. Having portrayed robin hood on tv for five years, richard greene reprises the role in hammer films sword of sherwood forest. Some shots look remarkably crisp and clear while others show a fair bit of heavy grain and mild print damage resulting in. From 1954 to 1967, the company released three different movies starring the famous outlaw, of which sword of sherwood forest is the second. 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. Reeds own voice is heard in the films trailer, where he adopts a very camp lisping french accent.
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