Alfie Bass

The theory that life is pre-ordained and that dreams are a glimpse into the future prompts Commander Lindsay to relate a dream he has experienced to his fellow dinner guests. The dream involves a Dakota carrying the Air Marshall, an attractive girl, a very important person and five other civilians, who, with a crew of five, number thirteen. The aircraft is lost over the sea, the radio fails, and fuel is running short when, through a break in the clouds,...

Disguised as a monk, Robin visits Friar Tuck, a jovial, fat, holy man, and together they organize the escape of Mildred from the clutches of the Lord Germaine and the Sheriff. Though his church is in Nottingham, the friar becomes a close ally of the outlaw and begins to pay frequent visits to Sherwood.

Duncan of Stoneykirk, a Scottish outlaw, meets up with Robin in Sherwood forest. His friendly and larger-than-life personality gives Robin a sense of unease, but keeps his feeling to himself until it becomes clearer and clearer what Duncan's plans are.

When Lady Marian is told by her Nanny that her grandson has been taken by Count de Walden's soldiers, Robin is soon at hand to uncover the Counts plans.

Having ambushed the Sheriff's courier, Robin's life is put in peril. He is arrested by the Sheriff while Lady Marian Fitzwalter, his childhood companion, is accused of being in league with the outlaws.

Nottingham's tax collectors find it harder and harder to collect the county's levied assessments. When the Sheriff of Nottingham decides to make an example of Will Stukely, a poor farmer who could not pay his taxes, by hanging him, Robin Hood tricks the Sheriff into leaving the walled town, capturing him, and offering to trade his life in exchange for the condemned man's.

Sir Robin of Locksley returns to England from fighting in the Crusades to discover that the notorious Sir Roger de Lille has been given his family's lands and castles, and has had Robin declared an outlaw. Robin takes refuge in Sherwood Forest and joins a band of outlaws led by Will Scatlock who names him Robin of the hood.

The giant Little John escapes from his feudal lord, and after being captured by the sheriff's men, agrees to capture Robin Hood in exchange for his freedom.