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| | The Jujube Spotlight - The Adventures of Robin Hood |
 | | Not only are Robin and his men exceedingly merry (who knew living in trees, getting shot at daily, and subsisting on animal haunches was such a hoot?), but the movie plays like a 1950s public awareness piece warning boys not to fall in with the wrong crowd. |
 | | The one major deviation from the usual telling is that Robin's chief rival is not the Sheriff of Nottingham (who appears as a doughy wimp), but the arrogant Guy of Gisbourne (Basil Rathbone), who, of course, fancies Marian for himself. |
 | | That said, however, "Robin Hood" does feature perfectly splendid costumes (although even Flynn barely keeps his dignity in the tights and feathered cap), and the action sequences get the job done, despite looking rusty by our "Matrix"-driven standards. |
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