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The Adventures of Robin Hood

1938

Michael Curtiz, William Keighley

Errol Flynn, Olivia de Havilland, Basil Rathbone, Claude Rains ...

7.2

28,729

Adventure 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). It was one of the earliest films to use three-color Technicolor and, at the time, the most expensive film Warner Bros. had produced. [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This great 1938 film exists in an eternal summer of bravery and romance. (...) The ideal hero must do good, defeat evil, have a good time and win the girl. "The Adventures of Robin Hood" is like a textbook on how to get that right. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Variety	"Superlative on the production side. Played with intensity by an excellent company of actors"	POS
United Kingdom	John Patterson The Guardian	"A delightful and transporting 102 minutes"	POS
United States	David Crow Den of Geek	"The reasons 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' works well are so many that they could populate every tree in Sherwood Forest"	POS
United Kingdom	Adrian Turner Radio Times	"This swashbuckler is an action picture that, over 75 years on, still delights people of all ages (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Kristen Lopez IndieWire	"A Technicolor marvel (...) Errol Flynn inhabits the character like a second skin"	POS

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