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The Prince of Thieves

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The Prince of Thieves
Directed byHoward Bretherton
Screenplay byCharles H. Schneer
Maurice Tombragel
Produced bySam Katzman
StarringJon Hall
Patricia Morison
Adele Jergens
CinematographyFred Jackman Jr.
Music byVarious
Production
company
Release date
  • January 17, 1948 (1948-01-17) (USA)
Running time
71 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Prince of Thieves is a 1948 film nominally inspired by Alexandre Dumas' 1872 novel Le Prince des voleurs. Produced by Sam Katzman for Columbia Pictures and starring Jon Hall as Robin Hood with stuntwork by Jock Mahoney, the film was shot in the Cinecolor process that features an inability to reproduce the colour green. Sequences were shot reusing several of the sets of Columbia's The Bandit of Sherwood Forest and at Corriganville.[1] Patricia Morison and Adele Jergens co-star.

Plot

After fighting in the Crusades alongside King Richard I of England, Sir Allan Claire is returning home to marry his betrothed Lady Christable. Accompanied by his sister Lady Marian Claire, the two are intercepted by Robin Hood and his band of Merrie Men. Recognising a friend of King Richard, Robin informs them that Lady Christabel is to be married to another against her will in the interest of politics and her father's fortune. The three team up to rescue the fair lady.

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