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Classic, Oscar-winning version of the Sherwood Forest folk tale. Plenty of swashbuckling scenes and merry japes beneath the canopy of green as Robin Hood and his band of stalwarts take on Guy of Gisbourne and the Sheriff of Nottingham, putting an end to their injustices. Regarded by many as the definitive big-screen version of the legend.

Keywords:

Action, Adventure, Romance, History, Movie, Film, Movies, Films, Oscar Best Picture Nominated

Additional Information:

(1938) (USA) (5 Star)

Cast:

Errol Flynn	.... Robin Hood
Olivia de Havilland	.... Maid Marian
Basil Rathbone	.... Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Claude Rains	.... Prince John
Patric Knowles	.... Will Scarlett
Eugene Pallette	.... Friar Tuck

Supporting Cast:

Alan Hale Jr.	.... Little John
Melville Cooper	.... High Sheriff of Nottingham
Ian Hunter	.... King Richard the Lion Heart
Una O'Connor	.... Bess
Herbert Mundin	.... Much-the-Miller's-Son
Montagu Love	.... Bishop of the Black Canons
Leonard Willey	.... Sir Essex
Robert Noble	.... Sir Ralf
Kenneth Hunter	.... Sir Mortimer

Directors:

Michael Curtiz
William Keighley

Writers:

Norman Reilly Raine
Seton I. Miller

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