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Release Date: 1976 Cast: Ian Holm, Richard Harris, Kenneth Haigh, Bill Maynard, Audrey Hepburn, Jason Connery, Sean Connery, Nicol Williamson, Ronnie Barker, Denholm Elliott, Robert Shaw
Categories: Movies, Swashbuckler films, Adventure, Costume drama, Action, Action/Adventure, Period piece, War film, Romantic drama, Romance Film Robin and Marian is a 1976 British/American co-produced romantic adventure period film filmed in Pamplona, Spain starring Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Harris as King Richard. It also features comedian Ronnie Barker in a rare film role as Friar Tuck. The film marked Hepburn's return to the screen after an eight year absence.
Director Richard Lester made Robin and Marian amid a series of period pieces, including The Three Musketeers. The screenplay was written by James Goldman.... MORE
Robin and Marian is a 1976 British/American co-produced romantic adventure period film filmed in Pamplona, Spain starring Sean Connery as Robin Hood, Audrey Hepburn as Lady Marian, Nicol Williamson as Little John, Robert Shaw as the Sheriff of Nottingham and Richard Harris as King Richard. It also features comedian Ronnie Barker in a rare film role as Friar Tuck. The film marked Hepburn's return to the screen after an eight year absence.
Director Richard Lester made Robin and Marian amid a series of period pieces, including The Three Musketeers. The screenplay was written by James Goldman. The original music score was composed by John Barry. The film was to have originally been titled The Death of Robin Hood but was changed by Columbia Pictures to be more marketable and perhaps give equal billing to Audrey Hepburn.
An ageing Robin Hood (Connery) is a trusted captain fighting for Richard the Lion-Heart (Harris) in France, the Crusades long over. Richard orders him to take a castle that is rumoured to hold a gold statue. Discovering that it is defended by a solitary, one-eyed old man (Esmond Knight) who is sheltering harmless women and children, and convinced that there is no statue, LESS
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