Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dashing Earl of Huntingdon endangers his life and honor by returning to oppose John, but finds himself and his friends outlawed, with Marian apparently dead. Enter Robin Hood, acrobatic champion of the oppressed, laboring to set things right through swashbuckling feats and cliffhanging perils!
Stunts
Fairbanks doing his own climbing, jumping, swordplay—no doubles, no wires.
Production
Full-scale castle sets that bankrupted nothing because Hollywood was wild.
Acting
Physical storytelling so expressive you forget it's silent.
Director
Allan Dwan
Douglas Fairbanks
Robin Hood
Enid Bennett
Lady Marian Fitzwalter
Wallace Beery
Richard the Lion-Hearted
Sam De Grasse
Prince John
Alan Hale
Little John
Bud Geary
Will Scarlett
Willard Louis
Friar Tuck
Paul Dickey
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
William Lowery
The High Sheriff of Nottingham
Frank Austin
Friar
Charles Stevens
Prince John's Aide
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the first Robin Hood film to use Sherwood Forest as a location and established the green tights look forever. Every adaptation since is in its debt.
The massive castle set stood for years and was reused in countless films, including the 1938 Errol Flynn version. Hollywood recycling at its finest.
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