Sword of Sherwood Forest
| Sword of Sherwood Forest | |
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| Directed by | Terence Fisher |
| Written by | Alan Hackney |
| Produced by | Sidney Cole Richard Greene Michael Carreras |
| Starring | Richard Greene Sarah Branch Peter Cushing Niall MacGinnis Nigel Green Oliver Reed Desmond Llewellyn |
| Cinematography | Ken Hodges Richard Bayley |
| Edited by | James Needs Lee Doig |
| Music by | Alun Hoddinott John Hollingsworth Stanley Black (songs) |
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| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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Running time | 80 minutes |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Box office | 1,229,879 admissions (France) |
Sword of Sherwood Forest is a 1960 British Technicolor/ MegaScope adventure film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Richard Greene, Peter Cushing, Niall MacGinnis, Nigel Green and Sarah Branch. Greene reprised the role of Robin Hood, which he played in The Adventures of Robin Hood TV series 1955–1959, and also co-produced the film. It was produced by Sidney Cole and Greene for Hammer Film Productions. The film was shot in both England and Ireland; Don Weeks was Production Manager for the British shoot and Ronald Liles for Ireland. John Stoll was Art Director, Gerald Fletcher handled Makeup, Bob Porter was Assistant Director and the film's songs were sung by Dennis Lotis. Filming began May 23, 1960 and ended on July 8th. It was released in the UK on Dec. 26, 1960, and in the US in January, 1961. The film had a mediocre opening, and thus wasn't followed up with a sequel.