Blu-ray Release: Sword of Sherwood Forest

Blu-ray Release Date: Oct. 16, 2018
Price: Blu-ray $29.95
Studio: Twilight Time


Hammer Films’ Sword of Sherwood Forest (1960) is a big-screen adaptation of the popular television series, The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-59).

The adventure movie stars the same dashing actor from the series, Richard Greene, as the aristo man of the people, and is directed by Terence Fisher (The Hound of the Baskervilles), a Hammer favorite who also helmed many of the series episodes.

As in so many adaptations of the classic tale, we have the villainous Sheriff of Nottingham (a superb Peter Cushing of Star Wars: Episode IV- A New Hope), the lovely Maid Marian (a plush Sarah Branch), and a handful of terrific cross-the-pond actors: Richard Pasco, Jack Gwillim, Nigel Green (Zulu), and even – in a tiny role – Oliver Reed (The Brood).

Twilight Time’s Blu-ray release includes an Isolated Music & Effects Track and a theatrical trailer.

As supplier Twilight Time prints up only 3,000 copies of each title, be sure to head over to the Twilight Time site or that of distributor Screen Archives NOW so you can put in your prebook order!

 

About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.