The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik

*The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik*
The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik
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

The Adventures of Robin Hoodnik is an animated television movie produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions. Broadcasting on the ABC television network on November 4, 1972, it 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 show premiered 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.

Cast[edit]

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

^ Erickson, Hal (2005). Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 (2nd ed.). McFarland & Co. p. 55. ISBN 978-1476665993.
^ 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 27 March 2020.