Opening titles:- “1194 A.D. – England is a troubled land. King Richard the Lion Heart is a prisoner in Germany, with but half his ransom is paid. At home, his brother, Prince John, is intriguing to obtain the Crown himself. In the County of Nottingham Robin Hood and his outlaw band take toll from rich travellers – and it is a brave voyager indeed who ventures through Sherwood Forest.
Production Details
A Hammer production released by Exclusive Films (UK) and Astor (USA)
Copyright MCMLIV by Exclusive Films Ltd.
RCA Sound Recording
Produced at Bray Studios, England
Eastman Colour by Denham Laboratories 77 mins
UK Release: 6th December 1954
Studio:
Bray Studios, Down Place, Oakley Green, Berkshire
Location:
Bodiam Castle, Bodiam, East Sussex, England
Stills from film
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Cast & Crew
Red = Uncredited
Crew | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Art Director | J. Elder Wills | 54 | 26 Apr 1900 | 1970 | 69 | 22 | 22 | ||
Assistant Director | Jack Causey | 40 | 1914 | 1977 | 63 | 6 | 1 | 7 | |
Boom Operator | Percy Britten | 35 | 1 Oct 1919 | 1996 | 76 | 23 | 23 | ||
Camera Operator | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/len-harris/# | 38 | 19 May 1916 | 21 Feb 1995 | 78 | 63 | 2 | 65 | |
Clapper Loader | Tom Friswell | 24 | 1930 | 2002 | 72 | 18 | 18 | ||
Continuity | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/renee-glynne/# | 28 | 3 Aug 1926 | 6 Apr 2022 | 95 | 41 | 3 | 44 | |
Costume Designer | Michael Whittaker | 36 | Apr 1918 | Aug 1995 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/val-guest/# | 42 | 11 Dec 1911 | 10 May 2006 | 94 | 30 | 30 | ||
Director of Photography | Walter Harvey BSc | 51 | 9 Feb 1903 | 1979 | 75 | 35 | 35 | ||
Dubbing Crew | Ken Cameron | 39 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Editor | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/james-needs/# | 35 | 17 Oct 1919 | 4 Feb 2003 | 83 | 113 | 1 | 114 | |
Fight Director | Charles Alexis | 59 | 31 Jul 1895 | 10 Oct 1969 | 74 | 1 | 1 | ||
First Assistant Editor | Henry Richardson | 18 | 13 Jan 1936 | 31 Jul 2017 | 81 | 4 | 7 | 11 | |
Focus Puller | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harry-oakes/# | 33 | 16 Jan 1921 | 11 Dec 2012 | 91 | 3 | 56 | 59 | |
Hairdresser | Monica Hustler | 27 | 21 Nov 1927 | 21.11.1927 | 97 | 18 | 18 | ||
Make-up | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/phil-leakey/# | 46 | 4 May 1908 | 26 Nov 1992 | 84 | 50 | 50 | ||
Music Composer | Doreen Carwithen | 32 | 15 Nov 1922 | 5 Jan 2003 | 80 | 3 | 3 | ||
Musical Director | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-hollingsworth/# | 38 | 20 Mar 1916 | 29 Dec 1963 | 47 | 37 | 3 | 40 | |
Producer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/michael-carreras/# | 26 | 21 Dec 1927 | 19 Apr 1994 | 66 | 98 | 9 | 107 | |
Production Manager | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/jimmy-sangster/# | 27 | 2 Dec 1927 | 19 Aug 2011 | 83 | 66 | 2 | 68 | |
Screenplay | Allan MacKinnon | 42 | 1912 | 1955 | 43 | 3 | 3 | ||
Second Assistant Director | Rene Dupont | 25 | 10 Oct 1929 | 10.10.1929 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
Set Decoration | Michael Whittaker | 36 | Apr 1918 | Aug 1995 | 77 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sound Camera Operator | Don Alton | 40 | 1914 | 18 Jan 1987 | 73 | 9 | 9 | ||
Sound Mintenance | J. Woodiwiss | 45 | 14 Jun 1909 | 1987 | 77 | 6 | 6 | ||
Sound Recording | Ken Cameron | 39 | 1 Dec 1915 | 8 Aug 2000 | 84 | 8 | 2 | 10 | |
Sound Recording | Sid Wiles | 55 | 2 Feb 1899 | Jul 1973 | 74 | 6 | 6 | ||
Special Photographic Effects | Vic Margutti | 41 | 1913 | 1980 | 67 | 6 | 6 | ||
Still Photographer | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-jay/# | 34 | 14 Nov 1920 | 29 Apr 2005 | 84 | 13 | 22 | 35 | |
Third Assistant Director | Patrick Clayton | 19 | Jul 1935 | Mar 2023 | 87 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Wardrobe Mistress | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/molly-arbuthnot/# | 45 | 19 Dec 1908 | 31 Oct 2001 | 92 | 48 | 5 | 53 | |
Cast | Name | Age at Release | Birth | Death | Age | Hammer Credits | Uncredited | Total Hammer | |
Abbot St Jude | Raymond Rollett | 47 | 9 Mar 1907 | 19 Dec 1961 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Brian of Eskdale | John Kerr | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||
Elvira | Vera Pearce | 59 | 27 May 1895 | 18 Jan 1966 | 70 | 1 | 1 | ||
Father David | Toke Townley | 42 | 6 Nov 1912 | 28 Sep 1984 | 71 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
Friar Tuck | Reginald Beckwith | 46 | 2 Nov 1908 | 26 Jun 1965 | 56 | 6 | 6 | ||
Garth | Bernard Bresslaw | 20 | 25 Feb 1934 | 11 Jun 1993 | 59 | 4 | 1 | 5 | |
Hubert | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/harold-lang/# | 31 | 1923 | 16 Nov 1970 | 47 | 8 | 8 | ||
Hugo | Wensley Pithey | 40 | 20 Jan 1914 | 10 Nov 1993 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
King Richard the Lion Heart | Patrick Holt | 42 | 31 Jan 1912 | 12 Oct 1993 | 81 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Lady Alys | Eileen Moore | 22 | Aug 1932 | 01.08.1932 | 92 | 1 | 1 | ||
Little John | Leslie Linder | 30 | 31 Aug 1924 | 16 Jan 2010 | 85 | 1 | 1 | ||
Moraine | https://www.hammer-graveyard.org.uk/john-stuart/# | 56 | 18 Jul 1898 | 17 Oct 1979 | 81 | 8 | 1 | 9 | |
One of Walters Men | Jim O’Brady | 47 | 13 May 1907 | 1 Jan 1991 | 83 | 18 | 18 | ||
Outlaw | Dennis Wyndham | 67 | 15 Jan 1887 | 19 Aug 1973 | 86 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Outlaw | Edward Hardwick | 22 | 7 Aug 1932 | 16 May 2011 | 78 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
Outlaw | Jack Arrow | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Outlaw | Jack McNaughton | 48 | 22 Dec 1905 | 22 Feb 1990 | 84 | 3 | 1 | 4 | |
Outlaw | Michael Godfrey | 36 | 20 Aug 1918 | 9 Sep 1977 | 59 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
Outlaw | Tom Bowman | 34 | 14 Nov 1920 | 8 Jan 1997 | 76 | 2 | 2 | ||
Robin Hood | Don Taylor | 33 | 13 Dec 1920 | 29 Dec 1998 | 78 | 1 | 1 | ||
Serving girl | Jocelyn Lane | 1 | 1 | ||||||
Sheriff of Nottingham | Leonard Sachs | 45 | 26 Sep 1909 | 15 Jun 1990 | 80 | 2 | 2 | ||
Sir Guy Belton | David King-Wood | 41 | 12 Sep 1913 | 3 Sep 2003 | 89 | 4 | 4 | ||
Sir Nigel Saltire | Douglas Wilmer | 34 | 8 Jan 1920 | 31 Mar 2016 | 96 | 4 | 4 | ||
Town Crier | Howard Lang | 43 | 20 Mar 1911 | 11 Dec 1989 | 78 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Villager | Jack May | 4 | 4 | ||||||
Walter | Ballard Berkeley | 50 | 6 Aug 1904 | 16 Jan 1988 | 83 | 2 | 2 | ||
Will Scarlet | John Van Eyssen | 32 | 19 Mar 1922 | 13 Nov 1995 | 73 | 5 | 5 | ||
with | Peter Arne | 34 | 29 Sep 1920 | 1 Aug 1983 | 62 | 2 | 2 | ||
with | Robert Hunter | 1 | 1 |
Original Poster
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Footnotes
Hammer’s first colour production visits territory they would return to on two more occasions – in Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) and A Challenge for Robin Hood (1967).
Carry On” regular Bernard Bresslaw appears here in a small role. He later starred in Hammer’s 1959 Jekyll and Hyde comedy, The Ugly Duckling and in Moon Zero Two (1968).
John Hollingsworth remained as chief Musical Director at Hammer for the next nine years.
Eileen Moore was married to actor George Cole who appeared in Hammer’s Don’t Panic Chaps (1959), and The Vampire Lovers (1970).