The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
Genre	Comedy Adventure
Written by	Jack Mendelsohn
Directed by	Joseph Barbera William Hanna
Starring	Cynthia Adler Daws Butler Joe E. Ross Hal Smith John Stephenson Len Weinrib
Theme music composer	Hoyt Curtin Paul Dekorte
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Joseph Barbera William Hanna Lewis Marshall
Running time	45 minutes
Production company	Hanna-Barbera Productions
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	November 4, 1972 (1972-11-04)

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik is an American animated television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. It was broadcast on the ABC television network on November 4, 1972, and was part of The ABC Saturday Superstar Movie series. ^[1] The special featured an all-animal cast in a retelling of Robin Hood . ^[2] The special was broadcast just a year before Walt Disney Productions released their theatrical animated version of the story. Nineteen years later, in 1991, Hanna-Barbera produced another television adaptation of the Robin Hood legend, Young Robin Hood , their international co-production with CINAR, Crayon Animation and France Animation.

Voice cast

• Cynthia Adler as Maid Marian
• Daws Butler as Scounger and Richard
• Joe E. Ross as Oxx
• Hal Smith as Donkey
• Janet Waldo as Widow Weed (uncredited)
• John Stephenson as Sheriff of Nottingham and Carbuncle
• Len Weinrib as Robin Hoodnik, Alan Airedale, Whirlin' Merlin, Lord Scurvy, Friar Pork, and Little John

See also

• List of works produced by Hanna-Barbera
• Robin Hood (disambiguation)

References

1. Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN   978-1476665993.
2. Woolery, George W. (1989). Animated TV Specials: The Complete Directory to the First Twenty-Five Years, 1962-1987 . Scarecrow Press. pp.  341–342. ISBN   0-8108-2198-2 . Retrieved March 27, 2020.

External links

• The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik at IMDb