Miss Robin Hood - Film - British Comedy Guide (original) (raw)
Genre
Released
Creator
Stars
Margaret Rutherford, Richard Hearne, Edward Lexy, Fanny Rowe, Michael Medwin, Eunice Gayson, Sid James, Dora Bryan and more
Writers
Val Valentine and Patrick Campbell
Director
Producers
Donald B. Wilson and John Grierson
Company
Writer at The Teenager childrens' newspaper, Henry Wrigley is the brains behind popular adventure story column, Miss Robin Hood.
When a long term fan of the fictional justice-fighter, an elderly orphanage owner named Miss Honey, turns up at his office, Wrigley is - almost without realising it - roped into assisting her in committing industrial theft!
Miss Honey insists that the secret recipe for a hugely popular whiskey was stolen from her own family by the current 'owners', and has hatched a plan to get it back. Believing the writer of adventurer Miss Robin Hood must know a thing or two about real-life safe-breaking, she forces his hand in assisting the heist - and they make off with not just the recipe, but thousands of pounds of bank notes.
Whilst Henry Wrigley is none too pleased to be involved in the theft, the experience of the adventure - not to mention Miss Honey's carefree attitude toward policemen - reignites his confidence and zest for life: when The Teenager's new owner expresses his displeasure with the column, Henry is not willing to be pushed around any longer...
Additional details
UK certificate
U
Duration
77 minutes
UK release
November 1952
Distributors
Associated British Film Distribution
Production
Studio
Camera set-up
Single camera
Picture
Black and white
Soundtrack
Music composed by Temple Abady and directed by John Hollingsworth.
Website links
Broadcast details
Next repeats
- Sunday 8th December at 2:15pm on TPTV
- Wednesday 11th December at 12:25pm on TPTV
Most recent repeats
- Monday 29th March 2021 at 4:30pm on TPTV
- Wednesday 23rd December 2020 at 10:30am on TPTV
- Monday 14th September 2020 at 6:30pm on TPTV
Recording details
- Southall Studios