The Adventures of Robin Hood

This article is about the 1938 film. For other uses, see The Adventures of Robin Hood (disambiguation).
The Adventures of Robin Hood
Theatrical release poster, by Alex Raymond.
Directed byMichael Curtiz
William Keighley
Screenplay by
Produced by
Starring
Cinematography
Edited byRalph Dawson
Music byErich Wolfgang Korngold
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Distributed byWarner Bros. Pictures
Release date
[1]
Running time
102 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$2,033,000[2][3]
Box office$3,981,000[2][3]

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a 1938 American Technicolor epic swashbuckler film from Warner Bros. Pictures. It was produced by Hal B. Wallis and Henry Blanke, directed by Michael Curtiz and William Keighley, and stars Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Eugene Pallette, and Alan Hale. The film is particularly noted for its Academy Award-winning score by Erich Wolfgang Korngold.

The film was written by Norman Reilly Raine and Seton I. Miller. The storyline depicts the legendary Saxon knight Robin Hood, who in King Richard the Lionheart's absence in the Holy Land during the Crusades, fights back as the outlaw leader of a rebel guerrilla band against Prince John and the Norman lords oppressing the Saxon commoners.

The Adventures of Robin Hood has been acclaimed by critics since its release.[4] In 1995, the film was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation by the National Film Registry.[5]

Alan Hale, who plays Little John, had played the same character in Douglas Fairbanks's 1922 version of the film and went on to play him again in Rogues of Sherwood Forest, released by Columbia in 1950, a 28-year span.[6][7]

  1. ^ The Adventures of Robin Hood at the AFI Catalog of Feature Films
  2. ^ a b Warner Bros financial information in The William Shaefer Ledger. See Appendix 1, Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television, (1995) 15:sup1, 1–31 p 18 DOI: 10.1080/01439689508604551
  3. ^ a b Glancy, H. Mark. "Warner Bros film grosses, 1921–51." Historical Journal of Film, Radio and Television. March 1995
  4. ^ "100 Best Classic Movies of All Time". rottentomatoes.com. Retrieved 8 February 2024.
  5. ^ "25 old films honored". St. Petersburg Times. December 28, 1995. Archived from the original on November 22, 2021. Retrieved July 22, 2009.
  6. ^ "Detail view of Movies Page". afi.com. Retrieved 19 April 2016.
  7. ^ "Complete National Film Registry Listing". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-09-11.