The Men of Sherwood Forest poster

Movie · 1954

The Men of Sherwood Forest

Released 1 November 1954 More from 1954 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from captivity in Germany. Though disguised as a troubadour, Robin is betrayed and captured. Lady Alys and the merry men help him escape in time to foil an intended ambush on King Richard as he returns from the Crusades.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
John Stuart
as Moraine
56
Raymond Rollett
as Abbot St. Jude
47
Reginald Beckwith
as Friar Tuck
45
Leonard Sachs
as Sheriff of Nottingham
45
Douglas Wilmer
as Sir Nigel Saltire
34
John Van Eyssen
as Will Scarlett
32
Jack May
32
Bernard Bresslaw
as Garth
20
Harold Lang
as Hubert
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
36years between the oldest and youngest billed
56John Stuart — oldest on the call sheet
20Bernard Bresslaw — youngest billed
39average age of the credited cast
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