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Bookmark this pageThe Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
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From Time Out Film Guide
One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself: the kind of Hollywood film to which Star Wars pays tribute, and one of the best examples of what large studio resources could produce. Glorious colour, sumptuous sets, and a brilliantly choreographed climactic sword fight between Flynn and Rathbone; the stuff of which Saturday matinee dreams were made.Author: SM
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- Paul Bradley said...
- Posted on Jun 05 2010 04:25 The 1938 version of the Robin Hood story is full of excitement, great characters, an amazing Wolfgang Korngold score, brilliant colour, amazing sets and a tight plot. It is simply the greatest adventure film ever filmed.
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Cast & crew
Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Cast: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Eugene Pallette, Alan Hale, Patric Knowles full cast
Genre(s): Period/Swashbucklers
Duration: 111 mins
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