stephensims53 After Errol Flynn, Richard Greene was the actor I mostly associated with the legend of Robin Hood. I was born and bought up very close to Sherwood Forest and when I was a lad we visited the forest on numerous occasions, I still live close by and I travel by the Major Oak at least once a every month to visit my children. I was bought up in the late 50s/60s when TV was in it infancy and the Adventures of Robin Hood was a must see every week (We only had 2 TV channels in the UK) LOL My only complaint is in the Richard Greene series (WHY)did they use the same actors to play multiple parts "Sometimes in the same episode" (WHY) Wasn't there enough good British actors in the UK.I still watch and enjoy the repeats on the FILMON TV internet site

oscar-35 *Spoiler/plot- The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1955. During the English Middle ages, a tyrant king and his Norman barons abuse their serfs. A knight, freshly back from the Holy Crusades, the knight fights the abuse only to become an outlaw to the crown. He hides among his friends in the local forest to correct the abuse of the common man.*Special Stars- Richard Greene, Archie Duncan, Alexander Gauge, Alan Wheatley, Paul Eddington.*Theme- Honor and what's right wins in the end.*Trivia/location/goofs- British, TV show, B & W.*Emotion- An enjoyable and memorable TV series to many people that grew up during the 50's. Televised in the USA by a popular hair oil treatment. With it catchy theme song and heroic characters in episodes that have a story moral, this show was fun and enforced good citizenship of the younger generation. Good 50's TV to be seen and enjoyed.*Based On- English Robin Hood legends.

poordogabone-1 Wow! I watched this series as a kid (I'm 55+ now) and had nothing but fond memories, so I jumped at the chance to get the series on DVD. Everything I loved intuitively as a child is there, and there are layers in the stories that I can now appreciate as an adult. The series was an amazingly sophisticated piece of writing, acting, and production. There was wonderful political subtext (after all, the best blacklisted American writers were putting the scripts together) about the McCarthy witch hunts, the dangers of developing super-weapons, tolerance and appreciation of people from other cultures, and amazing feminism (my childhood heroes were Marian and Annie Oakley; couldn't identify with the June Cleavers and Margaret Andersons at all).And as for Richard Greene: He's still my definitive Robin. And I might add, no one before or since could match Alexander Gauge's Tuck.

thomas-467 Can anybody help me remember the name of a movie portraying the writers of the adventures of Robin Hood TV series ? They were blacklisted in the USA for supposed communist ties in the fifties,and made a living under various pen names,being behind some of the classic TV serials of that era.Have seen this movie,but cannot for the life of me remember what it was called,and it's driving me nuts. Have a feeling it may be from sometime in the 1980's, it was in colour but have no recollection of who starred in it or directed it. If I could just remember its title I could check if its available on DVD,as would really like to see it again.