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Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured.
Apr 22, 2022 · Legacy: The first of three Hammer Films depicting Robin Hood, it is exactly what it seems. Its an example of how Robin Hood’s story could be manipulated to service a more cinematic approach – using only names and themes but with different motivations and consequences.
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Aug 30, 2022 · Also, as you may have gathered from the “scheming cousin,” above, this is the first of the Hammer films to offer Robin an origin story, borrowing from some of the (many and varied) literary sources, which eventually situated Robin’s rebellion amid tensions between Norman and Saxon nobles in England.
Hammer Film Productions Ltd. is a British film production company based in London. Founded in 1934, the company is best known for a series of Gothic horror and fantasy films made from the mid-1950s until the 1970s.
- The Viking Queen
- A Challenge For Robin Hood
- Alfred The Great
Rating: ** Origin: UK, 1967 Director: Don Chaffey Source: StudioCanal DVD This Hammer Films historical adventure set in Roman Britain should really be called The Celtic Queen, but apparently Vikings sell movie tickets while Celts do not. Marketing, am I right? The story is based loosely on that of Britannic warrior queen Boudica: the aging king of ...
Rating: *** Origin: UK, 1967 Director: C. M. Pennington-Richards Source:StudioCanal DVD Stump your film-fan friends! Ask them, “Did Hammer Films make one Robin Hood film or two?” Then, no matter how they answer, push up your glasses and say, “Actually, depending how you count them, they made at least three.” This is the third, and it’s pretty good,...
Rating: *** Origin: UK, 1969 Director: Clive Donner Source: Cinema & Cultura DVD This film flopped upon release in 1969, and it’s easy to see why: out of step with the times, it’s too slow, too long, and too self-important, while the lead, David Hemmings as King Alfred, overacts and is no fun. The historical Alfred should be a good subject for a fi...
Britain’s best-loved outlaw gets the Hammer treatment in Robin Hood at Hammer: Two Tales from Sherwood Forest. For 1960’s Sword of Sherwood Forest, Richard Greene (The Blood of Fu Manchu, The Castle of Fu Manchu) reprises the role he made famous in the classic television series The Adventures of Robin Hood.
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Hammer filmography. This is a list of films made by Hammer Film Productions. The list does not include the 13 hour-long television episodes from Hammer House of Horror, broadcast in 1980, nor the 13 hour-long television episodes from Hammer House of Mystery and Suspense, broadcast in 1984.
