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 reprises the role of Robin Hood that he had played in The Adventures of Robin Hood television series from 1955 to 1959. The film was coproduced by Greene, Sidney Cole and Michael Carreras for Hammer Film Productions.
The film was shot in both England and Ireland, from 23 May 1960 until 8 July It was released in the UK on 26 Dec. 1960 and in the U.S. in January 1961.