Robin and Marian (1976)
Robert Shaw: Sheriff of Nottingham
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Quotes
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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.
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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.
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Sheriff of Nottingham : In my domain, never tell me. Always ASK.
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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?
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Sheriff of Nottingham : I should have trained you better.