20 Greatest Entrances In Film History

By Audrey Fox /

6. Robin Hood - The Adventures Of Robin Hood

When viewers first meet everybody's favorite outlaw Robin of Locksley, he's gatecrashing a royal banquet with a deer over his shoulders, which he then plops down on the table in front of Prince John. On the face of it, that seems like sort of an odd thing to do. But you have to remember that this is one of the king's deer, and back then to be caught hunting on the king's private grounds was a serious crime against the crown, one that was punishable by death. So the real brilliance of this scene is that just by having him enter a room, it tells the audience everything they need to know about Robin Hood's character. Basically, that he's a fearless, saucy little minx whose tales of playful antagonism and button-pushing (and justice, maybe) will be passed down through the ages.