The Story of Robin Hood is a 1952 action-adventure film produced by RKO-Walt Disney British Productions, based on the Robin Hood legend, made in Technicolor and filmed in Buckinghamshire, England. It was written by Lawrence Edward Watkin and directed by Ken Annakin. It is the second of Disney's complete live-action films, after Treasure Island (1950), and the first of four films Annakin directed for Disney. Plot Young Robin Hood, in love with Maid Marian, enters an archery contest with his father at the King's palace. On the way home his father is killed by henchmen of Prince John. Robin takes up the life of an outlaw, gathering together his band of merry men with him in Sherwood Forest, to avenge his father's death and to help the people of the land whom Prince John is over taxing. Cast Richard Todd as Robin Hood Joan Rice as Maid Marian Peter Finch as the Sheriff of Nottingham James Hayter as Friar Tuck James Robertson Justice as Little John Martita Hunt as Queen Eleanor of Aquitaine Hubert Gregg as Prince John Elton Hayes as Alan-a-Dale Anthony Eustrel as the Archbishop of Canterbury Patrick Barr as King Richard Anthony Forwood as Will Scarlet Bill Owen as Will Stutely Hal Osmond as Much the Miller Louise Hampton as Tyb, aged nurse of Maid Marian Richard Graydon as Merrie Man Michael Hordern as Scathelock Bill Travers as Possie Man Clement McCallin as The Earl of Huntingdon Nigel Neilson as Merrie Man Geoffrey Lumsden as Merrie Man Julian Somers as Posse Leader Leonard Charles Newcombe as a Page Boy to Maid Marian Production Production began in April 1951 at Denham Film Studios in London. This was the second film Disney made in the United Kingdom, the first being Treasure Island (1950). These and several other Disney films were made using British funds frozen during World War II. Originally Bobby Driscoll was going to be featured in the film as a boy in Robin's camp, but he was unable to appear in the film because he had violated British labour laws with his appearance in Treasure Island. In Driscoll's absence, the story was rewritten to focus on the romantic relationship between Robin Hood and Maid Marian. Robert Newton, who was originally cast as Friar Tuck, had to be recast with James Hayter after he was cast in Androcles and the Lion. The Story of Robin Hood and His