Amid big-budget medieval pageantry, King Richard goes on the Crusades leaving his brother Prince John as regent, who promptly emerges as a cruel, grasping, treacherous tyrant. Apprised of England's peril by message from his lady-love Marian, the dashing Earl of Huntingdon endangers his life and honor by returning to oppose John, but finds himself and his friends outlawed, and Marian apparently dead. Enter Robin Hood, acrobatic champion of the oppressed, laboring to set things right through swash buckling feats and cliffhanging perils!

The Earl of Huntingdon accompanies King Richard on a crusade but returns to England when he learns of Prince John's efforts to secure the throne for himself. Under the name of Robin Hood he leads a group of men who "take from the rich; give to the poor." He rescues Lady Marian from Prince John's prison but is himself captured. The timely reappearance of King Richard returns Robin Hood to Lady Marian and foils the efforts of Prince John.