Miss Robin Hood

Miss Robin Hood was a 1952 British film directed by John Guillermin. It falls neatly within the genre of post-war British fantasy, and there are strong correlations with a number of films within this genre such as e.g. Passport to Pimlico, not the least being the appearance of Dame Margaret Rutherford in both.

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1952 - John Guillermin - Passport to Pimlico - Margaret Rutherford

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The writer, Wrigley (played by Richard Hearne) creates a comic strip character called Miss Robin Hood for a large newspaper. As the name suggests, the character is female, and is a latterday working of the Robin Hood story in which the heroine robs banks with the assistance of a gang of teenage girls and then redistributes the wealth.

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Richard Hearne - Robin Hood

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Unfortunately, the cartoon series is dropped, and Wrigley departs. However, Miss Honey (Margaret Rutherford), typecast as ever as an eccentric old lady, who operates a home for the orphans of London in Hampstead, recruits Wrigley to engage in a little light safebreaking, on the tenuous basis of having written Miss Robin Hood. Difficulties ensue as Scotland Yard become involved.

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Eccentric - Scotland Yard

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The cast list reads like a Who's Who of British screen comedy of the time; other actors involved include Dora Bryan, James Robertson Justice, Peter Jones, Sid James, Reg Varney, Kenneth Connor and Michael Medwin.

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Who's Who - Dora Bryan - James Robertson Justice - Peter Jones - Sid James - Reg Varney - Kenneth Connor - Michael Medwin

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