Sword Of Sherwood Forest (1960, U.K.)

Naturally you’d 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.  But with Peter Cushing as the Sheriff of Nottingham and directed by Terence Fisher (Horror of Dracula), this is much more than an ordinary swashbuckler.

Robin and his Merry Men must go undercover when they learn of a plot to assassinate the Archbishop of Canterbury.  Plenty of action and intrigue ensues.

Beautifully shot in colour this film features such British actors as Nigel Green, Niall MacGinnis (Curse of the Demon), a young Oliver Reed and James Bond’s Q himself, Desmond Llewelyn.  This is a rare chance for young and old alike to see a home-grown adaptation of England’s best-loved populist hero.