And I further banish from my realm all injustices and oppressions which have burdened my people. And I pray that under my rule, Normans and Saxons alike will share the rights of Englishmen.
Sir Robin of Locksley
16 quotes
Prince John
Claude Rains · 11 quotes
Marian
Olivia de Havilland · 9 quotes
Sir Guy of Gisbourne
Basil Rathbone · 9 quotes
Robin Hood
Errol Flynn · 4 quotes
King Richard
Ian Hunter · 3 quotes
Most scenes together: Sir Robin of Locksley & Marian (7), Prince John & Marian (3), Sir Robin of Locksley & Prince John (2)
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Page 1 of 3What can a Saxon hedge robber know of charm - or ladies?
Much-the-Miller's-Son
From this day on, I'll follow only you. Why there isn't a poor Saxon in all of Nottinghamshire that doesn't know and bless Sir Robin of Locksley. Take me as your servant. Why in all the forest, there isn't a hunter as good as me. I ask no pay, just to follow you.
Will Scarlett [about Friar Tuck]
One of us? He looks like three of us.
And what about you Robin?
Robin
My sword is yours, Sire, now and always.
Is there nothing England's King can grant the outlaw who showed him his duty to his country?
Robin
Yes, your majesty. A pardon for the men of Sherwood.
Granted with all my heart. [Cheers] But is there nothing for yourself?
Robin
[looking at Marian]
There's but one thing else, Sire.
More than anything in the world, Sire.
Kneel Robin Hood. [Robin kneels] Arise Baron of Locksley, Earl of Sherwood and Nottingham, and Lord of all the lands and manors appertaining thereto. [Robin rises] My first command to you, my Lord Earl, is to take in marriage the hand of the Lady Marian. What say you to that, Baron of Locksley?
Robin
May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, Sire!
He is different from anyone I've ever known. He's, well he's brave and he's reckless, and yet he's...gentle and kind. He's not brutal like...tell me, when you are in love, is it, well, is it hard to think of anybody but, but one person?
Bess Yes, indeed my lady, and sometimes it's a bit of trouble sleeping.
I know, but it's a nice kind of not sleeping.
Bess And it affects your appetite too. Not that I've noticed it's done that to you, except when he was in the dungeon waiting to be hanged.
And does it make you want to be with him all the time?
Bess Yes, and when he's with you, your legs are as weak as water. Tell me, my lady. When he looks at you, do you feel a kind of prickly feeling like goosey pimples running all up and down your spine?...Then there's not a doubt of it.
Doubt of what?
[entering]
That you're in love. I couldn't help overhearing about that 'prickly feeling.' I'm very glad I did come.
That, that was a game. Now you've got to go at once.
Game, eh? Well, couldn't I join in? Of course, I probably wouldn't be as good at it as, uh, [he playfully pinches Bess' chin] this pretty young girl, but I could do my best.
Bess, will you leave us? Please.
Now let's see, where does this game begin? Oh, I know. It's simple. We'll start where you are in love with me. You are, aren't you? Because I am with you. Terribly. That's why I came. I had to see you.
You must go at once and I don't love you.
Oh! You sure?
Yes.
Very well then, I'll go. [Robin retreats to the window to descend the ivy.] This is rather unfriendly of you, exposing me to my enemies like this....Goodbye, my lady.
Robin!
Yes?
Please.
Then you do love me, don't you? Don't you?
You know I do.
Well, that's different. [Robin re-enters the window and they share an embrace and kiss.]
You know you're very impudent.
Me?
You are. And when my real guardian King Richard finds out about your being in love with me...
I know, he'll make me court jester.
He won't. He'll stick your funny head on London Gate.
And a very fine decoration it will be, my bold Norman beauty.
I'm not bold.
But you're a Norman...And you are a beauty. You are the most beautiful...
And you're leaving here at once. Please darling! Every minute you're here, you're in danger.
I'll go...
Little John
He's well named Friar Tuck. It would take half the deer in Sherwood Forest to fill that cabin.
Tuck And twice that to fill your empty head!
Little John
[to the King, who is disguised as an abbot]
What? Are you friendly to our good King Richard?
I love no man better.
But you've taken Norman lives.
Robin
Yes, those that deserved it, cruel and unjust.
You're a strange man.
Robin
Strange? Because I can feel for beaten, helpless people?
No. You're strange because you want to do something about it. You're willing to defy Sir Guy, even Prince John himself, to risk your own life. And one of those men was a Norman!
Robin
Norman or Saxon, what's that matter? It's injustice I hate, not the Normans.
But it's lost you your rank, your lands. It's made you a hunted outlaw when you might have lived in comfort and security. What's your reward for all this?
Robin
Reward? Just don't understand do you?
I'm sorry. I do begin to see...a little...now.
Robin
You do? Then that's reward enough. [He kisses her hand gently]
He is different from anyone I've ever known. He's, well he's brave and he's reckless, and yet he's...gentle and kind. He's not brutal like...tell me, when you are in love, is it, well, is it hard to think of anybody but, but one person?
Bess Yes, indeed my lady, and sometimes it's a bit of trouble sleeping.
I know, but it's a nice kind of not sleeping.
Bess And it affects your appetite too. Not that I've noticed it's done that to you, except when he was in the dungeon waiting to be hanged.
And does it make you want to be with him all the time?
Bess Yes, and when he's with you, your legs are as weak as water. Tell me, my lady. When he looks at you, do you feel a kind of prickly feeling like goosy pimples running all up and down your spine?...Then there's not a doubt of it.
Doubt of what?
Robin
[entering through the window]
That you're in love.
Any more objections to the new tax from our Saxon friends?
Noble
Objections your Highness? With a Saxon dangling from every gallows tree...?
Well said...but not too many mind, else we'll have nobody left to till our land or pay the tax.
Bring Sir Robin food! At once do you hear. Such impudence must support a mighty appetite.
Robin
True enough, your Highness. We Saxons have little to fatten on by the time your tax gatherers are through.
Do you feel you are overtaxed?
Robin
Overtaxed, overworked and paid off with a knife, a club or a rope.
Why, you speak treason!
Robin
Fluently.
Bishop of the Black Canons I'd advise you to curb that wagging tongue of yours!
Robin
It's a habit I haven't yet formed, your grace.
Was it worthwhile, coming with me from London to see what stout fellows our Nottingham friends are? Take Sir Guy. He's from London, one of our most renowned defenders of the realm.
Must I take him, your Highness?
Why, you like him, don't you?
Well, he's a Norman, of course.
Is that the only reason for liking him?
Isn't that reason enough for a royal ward...?
Nay, I'll not force you, my lady. But he's our most powerful friend in these shires. And he's already in love with you. If I could promise him marriage to a royal ward, it might help my plans.
Perhaps when I know him better.
Of course. You're a very wise young woman.
Will Scarlet
[about Friar Tuck]
One of us? He looks like three of us!
Friar Tuck [Drawing his sword truculently]
Ay - and equal to a full dozen!
Robin
[calling Prince John a traitor]
What else do you call a man who takes advantage of the King's misfortune to seize his power? Now, with the help of a sweet band of cutthroats, you'll try to grind a ransom for him out of every helpless Saxon, a ransom that will be used not to release Richard but to buy your way to the throne.
Let me ram those words down his throat, your Highness!
Oh no. Later. Let him spout for a moment. [To Robin] And what do you propose to do?
Robin
I'll organize a revolt, exact a death for a death, and I'll never rest until every Saxon in this shire can stand up free men, and strike a blow for Richard and England.
Have you finished?
Robin
I'm only just beginning. From this night on, I'll use every means in my power to fight you!