Passes the Bechdel test
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves
1991. Directed by Kevin Reynolds, written by Pen Densham and John Watson.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
3 / 3
Passes
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Yes
1. At least two women
7 women characters. 5 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
In 1 scene out of 110. -
Yes
3. About something besides a man
In that scene, our script parser found no man named. See the scene.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 3 out of 3, though someone marked that rating as dubious.
The film
Nobleman crusader Robin of Locksley breaks out of a Jerusalem prison with the help of Moorish fellow prisoner Azeem and travels back home to England. But upon arrival he discovers his dead father in the ruins of his family estate, killed by the vicious sheriff of Nottingham, Robin and Azeem join forces with outlaws Little John and Will Scarlett to save the kingdom from the sheriff's villainy.
- Released
- 14 Jun 1991
- Genres
- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- IMDb
- 6.9 / 10
- Metascore
- 51 / 100
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 16 wins & 26 nominations total
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Robin 311 lines, man
- Aslan 107 lines, man
- Nottingham 85 lines, man
- Little John 66 lines, man
- Marian 63 lines, woman
- Friar 61 lines, man
- Will Scarlet 50 lines, man
- Gisborne 40 lines, man
- Duncan 26 lines, man
- Mortianna 23 lines, woman
Full cast, 39 people
- Kevin Costner as Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood
- Morgan Freeman as Azeem
- Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio as Marian
- Christian Slater as Will Scarlett
- Alan Rickman as Sheriff of Nottingham
- Geraldine McEwan as Mortianna
- Michael McShane as Friar Tuck
- Brian Blessed as Lord Locksley
- Michael Wincott as Guy of Gisborne
- Nick Brimble as Little John
- Soo Drouet as Fanny
- Daniel Newman as Wulf
- Daniel Peacock as Bull
- Walter Sparrow as Duncan
- Harold Innocent as Bishop of Hereford
- Jack Wild as Much
- Michael Goldie as Kenneth of Cowfall
- Liam Halligan as Peter Dubois
- Marc Zuber as Interrogator
- Merelina Kendall as Old Woman
- Imogen Bain as Sarah
- Jimmy Gardner as Farmer
- Bobby Parr as Villager
- John H. Francis as Courier
- John Hallam as Red Headed Baron
- Douglas Blackwell as Grey Bearded Baron
- Pat Roach as Celtic Chieftain
- Andy Hockley as Ox
- John Dallimore as Broth
- Derek Deadman as Kneelock
- Howard Lew Lewis as Hal
- John Tordoff as Scribe
- Andrew Lawden as Sergeant
- Susannah Corbett as Lady in Coach
- Sarah Alexandra as Small Girl
- Christopher Adamson as Soldier
- Richard Strange as Executioner
- Sean Connery as King Richard (uncredited)
- Bryan Adams as The Balladeer (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 2% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 110
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 27 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 30 |
| 7 to 9 | 0 | 11 |
| 10 to 12 | 6 | 39 |
| 13 to 15 | 0 | 76 |
| 16 to 18 | 13 | 36 |
| 19 to 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 22 to 24 | 26 | 25 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 135 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 13 |
| 31 to 33 | 14 | 39 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 16 |
| 37 to 39 | 0 | 54 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 35 |
| 43 to 45 | 14 | 19 |
| 46 to 48 | 4 | 5 |
| 49 to 51 | 3 | 38 |
| 52 to 54 | 3 | 17 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 8 | 10 |
| 61 to 63 | 0 | 20 |
| 64 to 66 | 0 | 13 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 28 |
| 70 to 72 | 3 | 50 |
| 73 to 75 | 3 | 12 |
| 76 to 78 | 8 | 26 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 1 |
| 82 to 84 | 1 | 7 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 18 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 3 |
| 91 to 93 | 1 | 6 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 97 to 99 | 0 | 8 |
| 100 to 102 | 2 | 8 |
| 103 to 105 | 1 | 10 |
| 106 to 108 | 4 | 14 |
| 109 to 110 | 0 | 9 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: the passing scene
The scene our parser counted as passing, word for word.
MARIAN: I will never marry you. MORTIANNA: Hold her! MARIAN: Get away from me, you disgusting hag. I will not... augh!
Exhibit B: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 12 are women's.
121 lines from women, 898 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who's in it
7 women and 30 men in the cast. 5 women and 22 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit D: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 103 of 1,043.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 153 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 12% of the words (1,133), men 88% (8,375).
Exhibit E: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
80
Exhibit F: behind the camera
1 of the 16 people in these jobs is a woman.
Across the whole crew, 15% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- Kevin Reynolds (man)
- Written by
- John Watson (man), Pen Densham (man)
- Story by
- Pen Densham (man)
- Produced by
- Richard Barton Lewis (man), John Watson (man), Pen Densham (man), Kevin Costner (man)
- Shot by
- Douglas Milsome (man)
- Edited by
- Peter Boyle (man)
- Music by
- Michael Kamen (man)
- Production design by
- John Graysmark (man)
- Costumes by
- John Bloomfield (man)
- Cast by
- Noel Davis (man), Jeremy Zimmermann (man), Ilene Starger (woman)
The crew, department by department
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Other crew
7 women, 41 men, 11 not listed
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Sound
2 women, 15 men, 3 not listed
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Production
2 women, 12 men, 5 not listed
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Art
1 women, 5 men, 2 not listed
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Costume & Make-Up
2 women, 2 men, 3 not listed
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Camera
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
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Directing
1 women, 5 men
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Editing
1 women, 2 men, 2 not listed
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit G: how old the stars were
Women: 46 on average. Men: 41 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio 32, Geraldine McEwan 59
Men
Christian Slater 21, Michael Wincott 33, Michael McShane 35, Kevin Costner 36, Alan Rickman 45, Nick Brimble 46, Morgan Freeman 54, Brian Blessed 54
Exhibit H: the money
It made 8.1 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $48 million
- Box office
- $390 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 110 scenes and 1,043 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
