It was filmed on location at Peckforton Castle in Cheshire, England, a medieval-style Victorian-era edifice built between 18. Unlike many modern versions of the story, King Richard does not appear at the end and instead Daguerre is reconciled with Hode and promises a future where Saxons and Normans are treated equally. The Baron Daguerre takes the Sheriff's place as the scheming, greedy tax collector (though in this version, he is originally Robin's friend) and Folcanet stands in for Guy as the violent, vindictive knight after Robin's head (and Marian's maidenhead). Details of the storyline and the identities of the characters differ widely, however, between the two versions.Īlthough the familiar characters Little John, Friar Tuck, Will Scarlet and Much the Miller's Son appear in this version, the traditional Sheriff of Nottingham and Guy of Gisbourne have been replaced by original antagonists. The film shares some of its underlying plot with the famous 1938 swashbuckler, The Adventures of Robin Hood, concentrating on the struggle between Normans and Saxons. Caspar De La Mare as Sam Timmons the Carpenter.Carolyn Backhouse as Nicole, Roger's wife.Patrick Bergin as Sir Robert Hode/Robin Hood.Folcanet is defeated and Daguerre is convinced to set aside their feud and bless the marriage of Robin and Mariane. Hode convinces everyone to attack Nottingham Castle to stop the wedding, certain that she loves him. After seeing Hode's Merry Men humiliate Folcanet, Marian joins their band in disguise, until a disgruntled outlaw recognizes her and betrays her to the Sheriff. He flees into Sherwood Forest, meets John Little and the usual cast of Merry Men and under the name "Robin Hood" takes up arms and fights against the Norman nobility. Publicly Daguerre orders a single stroke of the whip for Hode after he apologizes Hode is enraged, insulting Daguerre and is outlawed as a result. Privately Daguerre confides to Hode that he needs peace with Folcanet because he has agreed to give Daguerre a large portion of his niece Marian's wealth once they are married. Folcanet is enraged by Hode's interference and demands that Hode be punished by the local Sheriff (shire-reeve) Roger Daguerre, who is Hode's friend. The miller pleads for help and Will urges Hode to intercede, as the Normans arrive threatening to poke the miller's eyes out. The miller flees the hunting party until he runs into a Saxon earl, Robert Hode and his friend, Will. The film begins when a miller, who is poaching deer on lands belonging to the King of England, is detected by a hunting party led by the cruel Norman knight Sir Miles Folcanet.