While king richard is away at the crusades, some nottingham nobles and their sheriff plot to confiscate estates of fallen crusaders but robin hood and maid marian foil their plan. Sword of sherwood forest is a 1960 british technicolor adventure film in megascope directed by terence fisher for hammer film productions. The curse of the werewolf 1961 house of fright 1960 the stranglers of bombay 1960 sword of sherwood forest 1960 the brides of dracula 1960 the. Richard greene reprises the role of robin hood, which he played in the adventures of robin hood on tv from 1955 to 1959. With richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis, richard pasco. The night fighters ned oneill 1960 sword of sherwood forest. The following films contain at least one scene of swashbuckling, sword fighting, fencing, or dueling. Sword of sherwood forest terence fisher 1960 76min. Hammer does robin hood sword of sherwood forest 1960. Music is by alun hoddinott and cinematography by ken hodges. Sword of sherwood forest 1961 cast and crew moviefone.
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. Fans immediately were drawn to regulars christopher lee unforgettable as hypnotic dracula and peter cushing as an intense, passionate dr. She died on november 10, 2007 in esher, surrey, england. Heres a brief snippet from the film featuring peter cushing sheriff of nottingham and richard greene robin hood. Niall macginnis list of movies and tv shows tv guide.
This from a movie whose tagline is, new and greatest adventures of robin hood. Robert rodriguez and antmans peyton reed will direct the mandalorian season 2 episodes 0h ago. Dean richards airdate movie fri, sep 14, 1962 the adventures of tom sawyer 1938 fr. The original trailer in high definition of sword of sherwood forest directed by terence fisher and starring richard greene, peter cushing, niall. The name henry zeigler is etched into the blade of the sword as is conclave 1.
Covering conflict between robin hood and the sheriff of nottingham. But, add none other than peter cushing as the sheriff of nottingham and then have it directed by hammer ace terence fisher horr. The forest that most people associate with sherwood forest is actually named birklands and bilhaugh. Having portrayed robin hood on tv for five years, richard greene reprises the role in hammer films sword of sherwood forest. Richard greene plays robin hood while peter cushing tackles the role of the sheriff of nottingham but the end results are rather dull. 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, desmond. Robin hood goes undercover and infiltrates the forces of his sworn enemy, the sheriff of nottingham. Sword of sherwood forest 1961 robin hood richard greene and company save the archbishop of canterbury from an earl and the sheriff of nottingham peter cushing. Sword of sherwood forest makes its north american home video debut on dvd in a 2.
Martin of eastwood uncredited 1961 the man in the back seat. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 terence fisher, richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis may 17, 2019 the sheriff of nottingham plots to confiscate the estate of the lord of bortrey, who has died on crusade. Terence fisher list of movies and tv shows tv guide. Sword of sherwood forest dvd, 2011 for sale online ebay. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 out of 4 hammer made their name by reworking frankenstein, dracula and the mummy but here they try their hand at robin hood. Sword of sherwood forest 1961 cast and crew robin hood richard greene and company save the archbishop of canterbury from an earl and the sheriff of nottingham peter cushing. There are some other initials between 1 and the conclave word but i cannot make them out. Peter cushing, richard greene, oliver reed, nigel green, niall macginnis, sarah branch. The original trailer in high definition of sword of sherwood forest directed by terence fisher and starring richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis and jack gwillim. The robin hood collection bandit of sherwood forest sword of sherwood. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. 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 1960 starring richard greene, peter cushing, niall macginnis, richard pasco, jack gwillim, sarah branch and oliver reed. From 1954 to 1967, the company released three different movies starring the famous outlaw, of which sword of sherwood forest is the second. Niall macginnis full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Charles lamb full list of movies and tv shows in theaters, in production and upcoming films. Posts about sword of sherwood forest written by mrhearne.
It stars richard greene, sarah branch, peter cushing, richard pasco, nigel green, oliver reed and niall macginnis. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 terence fisher, richard. Jul 18, 2016 sherwood forest is a royal forest in nottinghamshire, famous by its historical association with the legend of robin hood. With peter cushing as a really nasty sheriff of nottingham and richard greene as robin hood, the plot revolves around an assassination.
She was an actress, known for sword of sherwood forest 1960, hell is a city 1960 and secret agent 1964. The rating category is a general critics rating 1 to 5 stars and is not based on the quality or quantity of sword fighting the swash swashbuckling rating category is based on the quality of the sword fighting scenes in the film. The british independent film company hammer productions was founded in 1934, and flourished in the mid1950s through the 70s with gothic horror films often based on classic literature characters and imaginative story fragments. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 following his performance as the lead in the television four season run of 1955s series the adventures of robin hood, actor richard greene dons green once more for hammer films colorful megascope release sword of sherwood forest.
The sword is 39 12 inches long and 5 inches wide at the hilt. Some shots look remarkably crisp and clear while others show a fair bit of heavy grain and mild print damage resulting in. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 sword of sherwood forest. Approved 1h 20min adventure, drama, history 25 january 1961 usa. This sword was made in philadelphia and there is a makers mark and the number 8 on the rear of the scabboard. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 the movie database tmdb. Robin of loxley and his men stumble on a plot to overthrow hubert walter, kings chancellor and archbishop of canterbury. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 clumsy swordfight youtube.
It is a remnant of an older, much larger, royal hunting forest, which derived its name from its status as the shire wood of nottinghamshire, which extended. Hammer may have been great at producing horror films, but they were also good at making pictures in other genres with sword of sherwood forest being a prime example. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 original trailer hd 1080p. The sheriff of nottingham peter cushing plans to confiscate the estate of the lord. Sword of sherwood forest is directed by terence fisher and written by alan hackney. Sword of sherwood forest 1960 1960 naturally youd expect hammer films to make a robin hood movie, and of course it would star richard greene, who played him so memorably on tv for five years. Usa 18 january 1961 brooklyn, new york usa 25 january 1961. Wgn 9 chicago family classics movie timeline wgntv. Our hero and the merrie men do their best to foil a plot to kill the archbishop of canterbury jack gwillim.
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