Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood
Directed by	John Hough
Produced by	Bill Anderson
Written by	David Butler
Starring	David Warbeck Ciaran Madden Kathleen Byron David Butler Kenneth Gilbert
Music by	Bernie Sharp Jack Sprague
Cinematography	David Holmes
Edited by	Robert C. Dearberg
Distributed by	Hammer Films
Release dates	1973
Running time	56 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English

Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood is an adventure film starring David Warbeck, Ciaran Madden, Kathleen Byron, David Butler and Kenneth Gilbert, and directed by John Hough. The film was the debut movie of actor David Warbeck as Robin Hood. The film was originally a 1969 television series pilot but was released in movie theatres in 1973. The film was also released under the title The Legend of Young Robin Hood.

Plot

Robert of Loxley, a simple farmer, is working his land when a fellow Saxon runs through their property attempting to escape Sir Jeffrey and the Royal Game Warden. Robert denies seeing the alleged poacher, and the fight, which ensues, is destined to seal his fate.

When Sir Jeffrey’s brother, Roger of Doncaster, learns that Robert of Loxley was not killed for his insolence, he determines to use the incident to have him arrested and his lands confiscated. Sir Roger’s ulterior motive is that his intended bride Lady Marian Fitzwater has had feelings for Robert from childhood and this stands in the way of his marriage to her. So he enlists the help of the Abbott to have Robert made a Wolfshead: an outlaw whose head is worth that of a wolf’s, dead or alive.

External links

• Wolfshead: The Legend of Robin Hood at IMDb