Robin Hood

Robin Hood is a 1973 American animated romantic musical comedy film produced by Walt Disney Productions and released by Buena Vista Distribution. Produced and directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, it is the 21st Disney animated feature film. The story follows the adventures of Robin Hood (Brian Bedford), Little John (Phil Harris), and the inhabitants of Nottingham as they fight against the excessive taxation of Prince John (Peter Ustinov), and Robin Hood wins the hand of Maid Marian.

Candy Candido, Barbara Luddy, J. Pat O'Malley, and John Fiedler were in the cast of the film after their voice roles in previous Disney films like Lady and the Tramp (1955), Alice in Wonderland (1951), Peter Pan (1953), Sleeping Beauty (1959), The Jungle Book (1967), and the 1968 featurette, Winnie the Pooh and the Blustery Day.

Monica Evans and Carole Shelley voiced the two characters Maid Marian and Lady Kluck after their voice roles of Amelia and Abigail Gabble in the 1970 animated film, The Aristocats.

The idea to adapt Robin Hood into an animated feature dated back to Walt Disney's interest in the tale of Reynard the Fox during his first full-length feature production, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). The idea was repeatedly shelved until writer and production designer Ken Anderson incorporated ideas from it in a pitch of the legend of Robin Hood using anthropomorphic animals rather than people during Disney's previous production of The Aristocats (1970).

Robin Hood was released on November 8, 1973 to box office success. It was initially received positively by film critics who praised the voice cast, animation, and humor, but its critical reception became gradually mixed since its release.