Long Live Robin Hood

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Long Live Robin Hood
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Directed by Giorgio Ferroni
Screenplay by
Story byEnnio De Concini [1]
Produced byErnest Boetan [1]
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Pinori [1]
Edited byAntonietta Zita [1]
Music by Gianni Ferrio [1]
Production
companies
Release date
  • 12 March 1971 (1971-03-12)(Italy)
Running time
103 minutes [1]
Countries
  • Italy
  • France
  • Spain [2]

Long Live Robin Hood (Italian : L'arciere di fuoco) is a 1971 swashbuckler film directed by Giorgio Ferroni. It is based on the Robin Hood legend. [3] [4] It also has been known under its translated Italian name Archer of Fire.

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Cast

Production

Long Live Robin Hood was partially shot at Colegiata y Castillo de Cardona in Barcelona, Spain. [2]

Release

Long Live Robin Hood was released in Italy on March 12, 1971. [1] It was released in the United States in 1976. [1]

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 109.
  2. 1 2 3 Kinnard & Crnkovich 2017, p. 110.
  3. Roberto Chiti; Roberto Poppi; Enrico Lancia. Dizionario del cinema italiano: I film. Gremese, 1991. ISBN   8876059350.
  4. Paolo Mereghetti. Il Mereghetti. B.C. Dalai Editore, 2010. ISBN   8860736269.

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References

  • Kinnard, Roy; Crnkovich, Tony (2017). Italian Sword and Sandal Films, 1908-1990. McFarland. ISBN   978-1476662916.