A Challenge for Robin Hood – 1967

A Hammer Film production presented by Associated British Pathe Limited and released through Warner-Pathe Distributors Limited
Copyright MCMLXVII Hammer Film Productions Ltd, – All rights reserved
MPAA Approved Certificate No. 21562

The characters and incidents portrayed and the names used herein are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character, or history of any person is entirely accidental and unintentional

RCA Sound System
Produced at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, England
Technicolor 96 mins

Storyline

Deprived of his inheritance by the evil Roger de Courtenay, Robin flees into Sherwood Forest, where he becomes known as Robin Hood by the band of merrie men he forms with fellow outlaws. A life of robbing the rich to give to the poor follows, but Robin still has a score to settle – he is accused of murder by de Courtenay and his friend the Sheriff of Nottingham, and Robin has to fight to clear his good name.

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Crew


Function	Credited	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Art Director	Maurice Carter	54	24 Apr 1913		Apr 2000	86	1		1
Ast. Director	Ray Corbett	27	1 Jan 1940	01.01.1940		83	1		1
Camera Operator	Moray Grant	50	13 Nov 1917		17 Sep 1977	59	29		29
Casting	Irene Lamb						9		9
Continuity	Elisabeth Wilcox						2		2
Director	Pennington Richards	56	17 Dec 1911		2 Jan 2005	93	1		1
Director of Photog.	Arthur Grant BSc	52	1915		1972	56	30		30
Editor	Chris Barnes	29	1 Jan 1938		5 Jun 2009	71	21	12	33
Fight Arranger	Peter Diamond	38	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	23	27
Hair Stylist	Bill Griffiths	68	9 Oct 1899				5		5
Make-up	Michael Morris	52	10 Jul 1915				3		3
Music Composer	Gary Hughes	45	21 Mar 1922		25 Apr 1978	56	5		5
Musical Supervisor	Philip Martell	60	6 Oct 1907		11 Aug 1993	85	104	1	105
Original Screenplay	Peter Bryan	48	28 Sep 1919		Sep 1972	52	22		22
Producer	Clifford Parkes	40	1927		2014	87	12		12
Production Manager	Bryan Coates	45	22 May 1922		19 Mar 1985	62	1		1
Sound Editor	Jack Knight	37	9 Aug 1930		7 Nov 1993	63	15		15
Sound Mixer	George Stephenson	47	19 May 1920		5 Jun 2001	81	1		1
Sound Recordist	Laurie Barnett	26	26 Dec 1940		2020	79	1		1
Special Effects	Les Bowie	54	10 Nov 1913		27 Jan 1979	65	32	11	43
Supervising Editor	James Needs	48	17 Oct 1919		4 Feb 2003	83	110	1	111
Wardrobe Mistress	Dulcie Midwinter	57	7 Feb 1910		Oct 1997	87	4		4
Uncredited
Boom Operator	Harry Fairbairn	36	5 Jul 1931	05.07.1931		91		4	4
Executive Producer	Michael Carreras	40	21 Dec 1927		19 Apr 1994	66	82	3	85

Cast


Character	Actor	Age at Release	Birth		Death	Age	Hammer Productions
	Click a link for more info						Credited	Uncredited	Total
Alan-a-Dale	Eric Flynn	28	13 Dec 1939		4 Mar 2002	62	1		1
Dray Driver	Norman Mitchell	49	27 Aug 1918		19 Mar 2001	82	7		7
Edwin	Arthur Hewlett	60	12 Mar 1907		16 Feb 1997	89	2		2
Friar Tuck	James Hayter	60	23 Apr 1907		27 Mar 1983	75	3		3
Henry de Courtenay	Eric Woofe	26	31 Jul 1941		21 Feb 2013	71	1		1
Justin	John Graham	36	1 Jan 1931		5 Mar 2015	84	2		2
Lady Marian	Jenny Till	27	21 Apr 1940	21.04.1940		82	1		1
Little John	Leon Greene	36	15 Jul 1931		19 Jun 2021	89	2		2
Maid Marian	Gay Hamilton	24	29 Apr 1943	29.04.1943		79	2		2
Much	Reg Lye	55	14 Oct 1912		23 Mar 1987	74	2		2
Pie Merchant (guest star)	Alfie Bass	51	8 Apr 1916		15 Jul 1987	71	3		3
Robin Hood	Barrie Ingham	35	10 Feb 1932		23 Jan 2015	82	1		1
Roger de Courtenay	Peter Blythe	33	14 Sep 1934		27 Jun 2004	69	2		2
Sheriff of Nottingham	John Arnatt	50	9 May 1917		21 Dec 1999	82	3	1	4
Sir Jamyl de Pentrone	Donald Pickering	34	15 Nov 1933		19 Dec 2009	76	1		1
Sir John	William Squire	51	29 Apr 1916		3 May 1989	73	1		1
Stephen	John Gugolka	14	1 May 1953	01.05.1953		69	1		1
Wallace	John Harvey	56	27 Sep 1911		19 Jul 1982	70	12	1	13
Will Scarlett	Douglas Mitchell						1		1
Uncredited
Apothecary	Guy Standeven	39	28 Aug 1928		Oct 1998	70		7	7
Chief Man at Arms	Gerry Wain							1	1
Forrester	Keith James	30	10 Dec 1937		5 Dec 1996	58		1	1
Hangman	Peter Diamond	38	10 Aug 1929		27 Mar 2004	74	4	23	27
Herald	Michael Beint	42	1925	01.01.1925		98		1	1
Man at Arms	Fred Haggerty	46	26 Sep 1921		26 Jul 2002	80		4	4
Man at Arms	Bill Brandon							5	5
Novice Monk	Vince Fleming							1	1
Outlaw	Rupert Evans				1995			1	1
Outlaw	Stan Simmons	40	1 Sep 1927		11 Jan 2000	72		2	2
Outlaw	Peter Brace	43	30 Aug 1924		29 Oct 2018	94		3	3
Outlaw	Colin McKenzie							3	3
Outlaw	Phil Parkes							1	1
Peasant	Jim O'Brady	60	13 May 1907		1 Jan 1991	83		18	18
Peasant	Joseph Tregonino	54	1 May 1913		Mar 1979	65		1	1
Peasant	Alf Mangan	51	21 Oct 1916		16 Jun 1988	71		4	4
Peasant	Fred Wood	46	26 Oct 1921		25 Jan 2003	81		19	19
Peasant	Eric Kent	30	16 Jul 1937		5 Dec 2012	75		6	6
Peasant	John Timberlake	63	5 Dec 1904		8 Nov 1993	88		3	3
Peasant	George Oliver							1	1
Peasant	John Triplett							1	1
Peasant	Josie Grant							3	3
Pipe-Smoking Peasant	Alf Casha	68	26 Feb 1899		Mar 1979	80		4	4
Scribe	Hubert Hill							3	3
Wrestler	Sonny Caldinez	35	1 Jul 1932		12 Apr 2022	89		1	1
Yokel	Harry Fielder	27	26 Apr 1940		6 Feb 2021	80		10	10

Production


FILMING BEGAN	1 May 1967
UK RELEASE	24 December 1967
STUDIO	Pinewood Studios, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England
LOCATION	Black Park, Iver Heath, Buckinghamshire, England	Sherwood Forest

Footnotes

The director, who was also known as C.M. Pennington-Richards, had previously made comedies such as “Double Bunk” (1960) and “Ladies Who Do” (1963).

Barrie Ingham faced the constant threat of extermination by murderous pepperpots as a Thal called Alydon in the Aaru (Amicus in all but name) production “Dr Who and the Daleks” (1965, starring Peter Cushing).

Peter Blythe also played a villain, Anton, in Hammer’s “Frankenstein Created Woman” (1966).

Leon Greene had a much more substantial role as Christopher Lee’s protégé in Hammer’s “The Devil Rides Out” (1967).

The voice of actor James Hayter became known countrywide from the TV adverts for the products of a certain company which “makes exceedingly good cakes”!

Details were complied viewing the actual film.
Source of viewing copy – The Hammer Graveyard Collection