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The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938)

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Reviews Counted:40

Fresh:40

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.9/10

Consensus: Errol Flynn thrills as the legendary title character, and the film embodies the type of imaginative family adventure tailor-made for the silver screen.

Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins

Genre: Action/Adventure

Synopsis: In Michael Curtiz's swashbuckling spectacle about the infamous outlaw and his band of merry men who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor," Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) fights nobly for justice... In Michael Curtiz's swashbuckling spectacle about the infamous outlaw and his band of merry men who "robbed from the rich and gave to the poor," Robin Hood (Errol Flynn) fights nobly for justice against the evil Sir Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone) while striving to win the hand of the beautiful Maid Marian (Olivia de Havilland). Flynn joyously embraces the role widely considered the best of his bountiful array of swashbuckling legends. Delivering his lines and performing dashing acrobatics (he did most of his own stunts) with breezy élan, he darts across the intricate sets of THE ADVENTURES OF ROBIN HOOD as if there are rocket boosters secreted in his tights. It was one of the earliest films to use three-color Technicolor and, at the time, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had produced. Erich Wolfgang Korngold's outstanding score won an Oscar, as did the art direction and the editing. [More]

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains

Starring: Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains, Patric Knowles, Una O'Connor

Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley

Director: Michael Curtiz, William Keighley
Producer: Henry Blanke
Screenwriter: Norman Reilly Raine, Seton I. Miller
Composer: Erich Wolfgang Korngold

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If prankish Fairbanks was a man's Robin Hood, handsome, romantic Flynn performs for everybody else.

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04/24/09
TIME Magazine
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A rousing, high-spirited family entertainment rightly regarded as one for the ages. [Blu-ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
09/05/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
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...the quintessential movie swashbuckler.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
08/29/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Michael Curtiz's adventure, one of the most enjoyable swashbuckling epics made, flaunting star Errol Flynn at his very best, deservedly won several Oscar Awards, including editing for Dawson and music score for Korngold.

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07/26/08
Emanuel Levy
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It is cinematic pageantry at its best, a highly imaginative telling of folklore in all the hues of Technicolor.

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06/10/08
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05/24/08
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04/11/08
John A. Nesbit
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Errol Flynn buckles his swashes in this classic historical adventure.

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10/16/07
Empire Magazine
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Peerless action-adventure romp from the Golden Age of Hollywood.

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10/16/07
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Movies like this are beyond criticism.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
10/16/07
Don Druker
Don Druker
Chicago Reader
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[Flynn] catapults across the screen with the greatest of ease, exuding so much charm and confidence that he seems to klieg-light the film all by himself.

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04/05/06
Mark Bourne
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One of the few great adventure movies that you can pretend you are treating the kids to when you are really treating yourself.

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02/09/06
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A flawless swashbuckler!

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09/28/05
James Plath
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Superb Flynn adventure in every way.

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01/03/05
Steve Crum
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12/28/04
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06/04/04
Jake Euker
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02/27/04
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

The archetypal Hollywood swashbuckler… everything big-screen derring-do should be: rousing, lighthearted, witty, romantic, colorful, moralistic, and richly satisfying… [Flynn is] the quintessential Robin Hood, jaunty, dashing, and fearless.

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10/10/03
Steven D. Greydanus
Steven D. Greydanus
Decent Films Guide

it’s a 65-year-old classic that still holds its rank as a movie among movies

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10/04/03
Doug Hennessy
Doug Hennessy
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In these cynical days when swashbucklers cannot be presented without an ironic subtext, this great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
10/01/03
Roger Ebert
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October 13, 2005: Errol Flynn's Grandson to Star ... as His Grandfather
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