Robin Hood - Fair Play

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 "Fair Play"
Three of Robin's men are traveling undercover as a group of Bavarian acrobats. A greedy Gypsy fortune teller betrays them to the sheriff of Nottingham, who immediately arrests them. Robin must break them out before they are executed.

Cast
Richard Greene ... Robin Hood
Archie Duncan ... Little John
Alan Wheatley ... Sheriff of Nottingham
Thomas Gallagher ... Herr Mielke
Colin Broadley ... Owen
Paul Eddington ... Tom
Robert Raikes ... Harry
Tony Thawnton ... Will
Victor Woolf ... Derwent
Alan Edwards ... Quentin
Selma Vaz Dias ... Madame Zsa Zsa
Isobel Greig ... Agatha (as Isobel Grieg)
The Volantes ... The Flying Four (as The Volants)




Directed By Terry Bishop
Screenplay Written By Sidney Wells
Executive Producer Hannah Weinstein
Associate Producer Thelma Connell
Producer Sidney Cole
Cinematography By Ken Hodges
Film Editing By Seymour Logie
Original Music By Edwin Astley
Art Direction By John Blezard
Assistant Director Chris Noble


Details
Original Air Date: March 18, 1957
Season 2, Episode 25
Production Co: Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Sapphire Films, Yeoman Films Ltd.


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