Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Directed byJohn Hough
Written byDavid Butler
Produced byBill Anderson
StarringDavid Warbeck
Ciaran Madden
Kathleen Byron
David Butler
Kenneth Gilbert
CinematographyDavid Holmes
Edited byRobert C. Dearberg
Music byBernie Sharp
Jack Sprague
Production
companies
Distributed byAnglo-EMI Film Distributors
Release date
  • 1973 (1973)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood is an adventure film directed by John Hough and starring David Warbeck, Ciaran Madden, Kathleen Byron, David Butler and Kenneth Gilbert.[1][2] The film was the debut movie of actor David Warbeck as Robin Hood.[2][3] The film was originally a 1969 television series pilot but was released in movie theatres in 1973, as a support feature to the musical Take Me High.[2][4] The film was also released on VHS under the title The Legend of Young Robin Hood.[5]

The film's title comes from the medieval term Caput lupinum or "Wolfshead", meaning an outlaw.[2]

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  2. ^ a b c d Maxford, Howard (2019). Hammer complete : the films, the personnel, the company. McFarland. ISBN 9781476670072.
  3. ^ "David Warbeck - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie. Archived from the original on 14 May 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.
  4. ^ Hahn, Thomas G. (8 February 2018). Robin Hood in Popular Culture: Violence, Transgression, and Justice. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN 9780859915649. Archived from the original on 1 March 2023. Retrieved 8 December 2020 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ Wright, Allen W. "Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood -- Spotlight of the Month". www.boldoutlaw.com. Archived from the original on 8 August 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2018.