When young Robin Hood is tricked into killing one of the king's deer, he is outlawed and sentenced to die by the wicked Sheriff of Nottingham. Robin escapes into the depths of Sherwood Forest and gathers together a band of fellow outlaws. There they begin a fight for justice, stealing from the rich to help the poor.

A simple retelling of the adventures of a mischievous young boy and his friends growing up in a Mississippi River town in the nineteenth century.