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Checkmate

1955TV Episode⏱️ 25mApproved
ActionAdventureFamily
7.3
IMDB Rating
83 votes

Hearing that the Count de Waldern is planning to conscript 3,000 recruits to terrorise the community, Robin hatches a plan to the Count's evil scheme.

Director
Ralph Smart
Writers
Peter Lambda, Anne Green
Stars
Alexander Gauge, Leslie Phillips, Archie Duncan
Release Date
November 21, 1955
Language
English
Country
United Kingdom
💬 2
Reviews
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🎭 Top Cast

Alexander Gauge
Alexander Gauge
as Friar Tuck
Leslie Phillips
Leslie Phillips
as Count de Waldern
Archie Duncan
Archie Duncan
as Little John
Bernadette O'Farrell
Bernadette O'Farrell
as Maid Marian
Alastair Hunter
Alastair Hunter
as Armourer
Willoughby Gray
Willoughby Gray
as Major Domo
Marie Burke
Marie Burke
as Granny
Victor Woolf
Victor Woolf
as Cedric
Richard Greene
Richard Greene
as Robin Hood
Jack May
Jack May
as Old Peasant

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Color
Black and White
Filming Location
Nettlefold Studios, Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK
Production
Sapphire Films, Incorporated Television Programme Co.

🎯 Categories

ActionAdventureFamily

⭐ Featured Review

Checkmate
by Prismark102020-08-24
6/10

"These days it is easy to forget just how much impact the Norman conquests made on Anglo Saxon life. It almost destroyed it. Leslie Phillips plays the dastardly Count de Waldern. An aristocrat who is more comfortable in all things French. The Count is rounding up men, even kids who are told of a life of adventure to go and fight the crusades. In fact it is a ploy to grab King Richard's throne. A distraught grandmother approaches Lady Marian when her grandson has been taken. The Count agrees to see Marian over dinner and a game of chess. It gives Robin Hood a chance to overpower the Cou..."

📖 Synopsis

Hearing that the Count de Waldern is planning to conscript 3,000 recruits to terrorise the community, Robin hatches a plan to the Count's evil scheme.