Rogues of Sherwood Forest | |
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Directed by | Gordon Douglas |
Written by | George Bruce Ralph Gilbert Bettison |
Produced by | Fred M. Packard |
Starring | John Derek Diana Lynn George Macready Alan Hale, Sr. |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr. |
Edited by | Gene Havlick |
Music by | Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Heinz Roemheld Arthur Morton |
Production company | Columbia Pictures |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 79 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Rogues of Sherwood Forest is a 1950 Technicolor adventure film from Columbia Pictures, directed by Gordon Douglas, and starring John Derek as Robin, the Earl of Huntingdon, the son of Robin Hood, Diana Lynn as Lady Marianne, and Alan Hale, Sr. in his third Robin Hood film role as Little John during a 28-year period; he had played the part opposite Douglas Fairbanks in 1922 and Errol Flynn in 1938, one of the longest periods over which a film actor played the same major character. It was also Hale's final film before his death. Rogues of Sherwood Forest was written by George Bruce and Ralph Gilbert Bettison. The supporting cast features George Macready as King John, Billy House as Friar Tuck and John Dehner in an early appearance as Sir Baldric, billed fourteenth in the cast list.