Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960)
All-New Adventures of Robin Hood! The world's most fearless fighter faces his greatest challenge!
Director: Terence Fisher · Writer: Alan Hackney
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?
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Director
Terence Fisher
Cast
Richard Greene
Robin Hood 
Peter Cushing
Sheriff of Nottingham 
Niall MacGinnis
Friar Tuck 
Richard Pasco
Edward, Earl of Newark 
Jack Gwillim
Archbishop Hubert Walter 
Sarah Branch
Maid Marian 
Nigel Green
Little John 
Edwin Richfield
The Sheriff's Lieutenant 
Vanda Godsell
The Prioress 
Charles Lamb
Old Bowyer
Dennis Lotis
Alan A'Dale 
Derren Nesbitt
Martin of Eastwood (uncredited) User Reviews (1)
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 Adventure…
