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The Adventures of Robin Hood

The Adventures of Robin Hood

Adventure · Romance · 1938

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

Movie details

The Adventures of Robin Hood

“Excitement... Danger... Suspense... as this classic adventure story sweeps across the screen!”

1938 Adventure · Romance 1h 42m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

7.9 / 10

56K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

100 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

97 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

7.5 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

Robin Hood fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

William Keighley · Michael Curtiz

Written by

Norman Reilly Raine · Seton I. Miller

Errol Flynn

Errol Flynn

Robin Hood

Olivia de Havilland

Olivia de Havilland

Maid Marian

Basil Rathbone

Basil Rathbone

Sir Guy of Gisbourne

Claude Rains

Claude Rains

Prince John

Patric Knowles

Patric Knowles

Will Scarlett

Eugene Pallette

Eugene Pallette

Friar Tuck

Alan Hale

Alan Hale

Little John

Court is in session

Put The Adventures of Robin Hood on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.