The Story of Robin Hood (film) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids The Story of Robin Hood |
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| Directed by | Ken Annakin |
| Produced by | Perce Pearce Walt Disney |
| Written by | Lawrence Edward Watkin |
| Starring | Richard Todd Joan Rice Peter Finch |
| Music by | Clifton Parker |
| Cinematography | Guy Green |
| Studio | Walt Disney Productions RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures, Inc. |
| Release date(s) | March 13, 1952 (Premiere-London) June 26, 1952 (US) |
| Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | United States United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Money made | $2.1 million (US rentals) |
The Story of Robin Hood is a 1952 action adventure film produced by Walt Disney Productions and RKO Radio Pictures based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and directed by Ken Annakin. It is the second of Disney's complete live-action films, after Treasure Island (1950), and the first of four films Annakin directed for Disney.
Plot
Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is killed by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land whom Prince John is over taxing.
Cast
- Richard Todd as Robin Hood
- Joan Rice as Maid Marian
- Peter Finch as the Sheriff of Nottingham
- James Hayter as Friar Tuck
- James Robertson Justice as Little John
- Martita Hunt as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine
- Hubert Gregg as Prince John
- Elton Hayes as Alan-a-Dale
- Anthony Eustrel as the Archbishop of Canterbury
- Patrick Barr as King Richard
- Anthony Forwood as Will Scarlet
- Bill Owen as Will Stutely
- Hal Osmond as Much the Miller
- Louise Hampton as Tyb, aged nurse of Maid Marian
- Richard Graydon as Merrie Man
- Michael Hordern as Scathelock
- Bill Travers as Possie Man
- Clement McCallin as The Earl of Huntingdon
- Nigel Neilson as Merrie Man
- Julian Somers as Posse Leader
- Leonard Charles Newcombe as a Paige Boy to Maid Marian
See also
In Spanish: Los arqueros del rey para niños
