Robin and Marian (1976)

Robert Shaw: Sheriff of Nottingham

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Quotes 

• Sheriff of Nottingham : Robin! Still not dead?

  Robin Hood : Not for want of trying. You look well, all things considered.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : How was the Crusade?

  Robin Hood : A disappointment. After all these years, look at us. I'm nothing but a former captain, and you're still the Sheriff.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : No advancement. You see, I can read and write. Makes you suspect. Not a duke in twenty reads a word.

  [to Sir Ranulf] 

  Sheriff of Nottingham : Correct, milord?

  Sir Ranulf : Books are for clerks.

• Sir Ranulf : [impatient that Robin hasn't appeared]  He'll never come.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : I know him. He's a little bit in love with death. He flirts; he teases. I can wait.

• Sheriff of Nottingham : In my domain, never tell me. Always ASK.

• Sheriff of Nottingham : Robin, you're still a free man. Let me have her and you can go.

  Robin Hood : You know I can't do that.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : Well, then, I shall have to hunt you down.

  Robin Hood : Good hunting, Sheriff.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : God help you, Robin.

  Robin Hood : If He will.

  [rides away] 

  Sir Ranulf : [recovering from a kick in the groin]  So that's Robin Hood. He's a dead man.

  Sheriff of Nottingham : Yes... but not just anyone's. He's mine. Can you get on your horse, Sir Ranulf?

• Sheriff of Nottingham : I should have trained you better.