Starring John Derek, Diana Lynn, George MacReady

Robin, Earl of Huntingdon, son of Robin Hood, attempts to reorganise his father's men to oppose the cruet oppression of King John.

Ever since 1922 when Douglas Fairbanks as Robin Hood swung across the enemy battlements and climbed the ivy-clad tower to the room in which Maid Marian was imprisoned, the exploits of the Outlaw of Sherwood Forest have fascinated the filmgoing public. Sixteen years later Errol Flynn, that handsome swashbuckler who lunged, parried, and thrust his way through so many costume dramas, appeared in the role - with Basil Rathbone as his adversary, Sir Guy of Gisbourne.

Today's film centres round Robin Hood's son who gets into just as many adventures as his renowned father. The movie's director, Gordon Douglas, has directed many such Hollywood adventures, and it is interesting to note that he made a very different kind of Robin Hood film a few years later - Robin and the Seven Hoods, with Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, and Sammy Davis Jr.
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