historically and this film be a heap of hooey . if robin hood ever exist and he would have live about 150 year after the period in which the film be set . modern historian be of the opinion that good king richard and bad king john should be the other way around . this film should be thus regard a fantasy . the fact that so many robin hood film have be make since and and not one of them remotely measure up to the adventure of robin hood show just how good the film be . favourite scene . well and there the scene in the great hall at nottingham castle where errol flynn give cheek to everyone . the escape and the ambush and the final showdown with sir guy of gisborne . ( basil rathbone make a superb villain . ) i be very impressed with the sharpshooting . this be do by howard hill . howard hill appear a few time in the film . in the escape from the great hall he be the only archer among guy of gisburne crossbowmen . in the archery tournament scene and he be owen the welshman ( in spite of what it say in the credit at the end . ) it have be say before and and i will say it again represent errol flynn do not play robin hood while he be robin hood . performancewise and the cast be superb and with hardly a poor performance among them . i do at one time think that una oconnor be ham it up a bit . however and i have recently work in buckinghamshire with a woman with exactly the same accent and yes exactly the same laugh . ( absolutely true ) . therefore and una oconnor and who play marian servant who resemble chaucer wife of bath and be brilliant .