Rogues of Sherwood Forest

Rogues of Sherwood Forest
Theatrical release poster
Directed byGordon Douglas
Written byGeorge Bruce
Ralph Gilbert Bettison
Produced byFred M. Packard
StarringJohn Derek
Diana Lynn
George Macready
Alan Hale, Sr.
CinematographyCharles Lawton Jr.
Edited byGene Havlick
Music byMario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Heinz Roemheld
Arthur Morton
Production
company
Columbia Pictures
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
  • June 21, 1950 (1950-06-21)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.