The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
Written byJack Mendelsohn
Directed byJoseph Barbera
William Hanna
StarringCynthia Adler
Daws Butler
Joe E. Ross
Hal Smith
John Stephenson
Len Weinrib
Theme music composerHoyt Curtin
Paul Dekorte
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
ProducersJoseph Barbera
William Hanna
Lewis Marshall
Running time45 minutes
Production companyHanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseNovember 4, 1972 (1972-11-04)
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The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik is an animated television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Broadcasting on the ABC television network on November 4, 1972, it was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie series.[1] The special featured an all-animal cast in a retelling of Robin Hood.[2] The show premiered just a year before Walt Disney Productions released their theatrical animated version of the story. Nineteen years later, in 1991, Hanna-Barbera produced another television adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, Young Robin Hood, their international co-production with CINAR, Crayon Animation and France Animation.

  1. ^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1476665993.
  2. ^ Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987. Scarecrow Press. pp. 341–342. ISBN 0-8108-2198-2. Retrieved 27 March 2020.