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The Adventures of Robin Hood - The Sheriff's Boots
episode 1.19
UK 1956
produced by Sidney Cole, Hannah Weinstein (executive) for Sapphire Films/ITV
directed by Ralph Smart
starring Richard Greene, Alan Wheatley, Alexander Gauge, Bernadette O'Farrell, Rufus Cruikshank, Joan Sims, John Dearth, Charles Stapley, Arthur Skinner, Kenneth Edwards, Elsie Flagstaff, Willoughby Gray, Victor Woolf, Gabriel Toyne, Paul Connell
written by James Aldridge, Ralph Smart, music by Edwin Astley
TV-series Robin Hood, Robin Hood (Richard Greene), Adventures of Robin Hood, Adventures of Robin Hood (1950's)
review by Mike Haberfelner
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The Sheriff of Nottingham (Alan Wheatley) doesn't like his boots, or
any boots his bootmaker (John Dearth has to offer. Then though he finds a
little village of fine bootmakers and decides to take his boot-business to
there - much to the dismay of his regular bootmaker, who soon hires
Blackbeard (Charles Stapley)a nd his gang of cutthroats to teach the
villagers a lesson. The village is under the protection of Robin Hood
(Richard Greene) though, who gives the villagers a lesson or two in self
defense after Blackbeard's attack. Blackbeard's attack doesn't sit well
witht he Sheriff either, since the villagers are fine bootmakers, but then
he learns that their leather is actually prepared by Robin Hood after a
secret Arabian recipe, and he not only encourages another attack on the
village but also tries to set up a trap for Robin - which Robin,
experienced that he is, of course anticipates, and he and Little John
(Rufus Cruikshank) arrive at the village just in time to help the
couragous villagers to teach Blackbeard and his bullies a lesson. So
ok, this episode is about boots, which isn't exactly the base for a
good story, not at all helped by the fact that these boots all don't look
anything older than from the 20th century in design and everything. Still,
the whole thing is not totally bad if you're prepared to watch a childish
little story that isn't exactly rich on highlights but floats by at a
steady pace and is only half as stupid as it could have been.
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