The Bandit of Sherwood Forest

The Technicolor swashbuckler Bandit of Sherwood Forest stars Cornel Wilde as Robert of Nottingham, son of the legendary Robin Hood (Russell Hicks). Robert elects to follow in his father's footsteps when oppression rears its ugly head in the form of a despotic Regent (Henry Daniell) and his partner ...more

The Bandit of Sherwood Forest starts with a fairly interesting idea, that of the son of an aged Robin Hood picking up his father's mantel to battle a new threat to the future of England. Unfortunately, it doesn't build upon this idea in any sort of appreciable way, settling instead for a pedestrian story told in an unimaginative way. The plot of the film is really just a series of episodes strung together with no dramatic drive or invention. Worse, the dialogue is simply excruciating; it's ...more