Robin Hood - The Rivals

The Adventures of Robin Hood is a popular British television series comprising 143 half-hour, black and white episodes. It starred Richard Greene as the outlaw Robin Hood and Alan Wheatley as his nemesis, the Sheriff of Nottingham. The show aired weekly between 1955 and 1959 on ITV in London in the UK and on CBS in the US. The show followed the legendary character Robin Hood and his band of merry men in Sherwood Forest and the surrounding vicinity. While some episodes dramatised the traditional Robin Hood tales, most episodes were original dramas created by the show's writers and producers.

Richard Greene, born, August 25, 1918, passed away, June 1, 1985 (age 66)


Tonight's Story "The Rivals"
The Sheriff comes up with a plan to extort money from the local merchants by having some of his men disguise themselves as Robin's band, then staging robberies, after which the sheriff goes to the merchants and offers to "protect" them for a fee.

Cast
Richard Greene ... Robin Hood
Alexander Gauge ... Friar Tuck
Alan Wheatley ... Sheriff of Nottingham
Archie Duncan ... Little John
Victor Woolf ... Derwent
Carl Bernard ... Dick Banks
Paul Eddington ... Seneschal
Michael Ashwin ... Edward
Colin Broadley ... Willie Steele
Basil Dignam ... Rich Merchant


Directed By Robert Day
Screenplay Written By Leslie Poynton
Executive Producer Hannah Weinstein
Producer Sidney Cole
Associate Producer Thelma Connell
Cinematography Michael Reed
Film Editior Lee Doig
Music By Albert Elms


Details
Original Air Date: January 6, 1958
Season 3, Episode 15
Production Co: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Sapphire Films, Yeoman Films Ltd.


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