Will Stukely, a farmer with a wife and children, cannot pay taxes as two tax collectors so inform the Sheriff of Nottingham. The tax collectors are empathetic and indeed one of them suggests that Will be allowed to postpone payment until his crops come in. The Sheriff is having none of that and plans to hang Will as a lesson to all that they better pay their taxes on time. Robin intends to save Will but not by an armed assault as Little John suggests but by subterfuge. For, according to Robin, King Richard always said: "Let your wits be sharper than your enemy's sword." One of the many things I like about this series is its humor. In this case, it's when Robin and Little John waylay a butcher. The butcher is, of course, terrified and tells them to take everything. Robin and Little John then have a humorous and friendly argument over how much to pay the butcher for his wagon and meat. The amount they settle upon makes the butcher happy. Robin proceeds to Nottingham and tricks (by appealing to his avarice) the Sheriff into leaving the town and proposes an exchange of prisoners - the Sheriff for Will. The ending is suspenseful and well done and even a bit humorous.
The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV Series)
A Guest for the Gallows (1955)
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Robin Hood Was No Dummy!
ccthemovieman-121 February 2010
In this episode, Robin Hood tries to save a good man from the gallows. The about-to-be-executed's crime? He didn't pay his taxes.
To make it worse, the man simply didn't have the money. It was a lean year for crops. He has a wife and two kids. He's a nice man, too! (Boy, they make this manipulative.) It's interesting to see how news travels from Nottingham to the middle of the Shewood Forest. Let's just say they didn't have postal service the way we know it.
Anyway, when Robin gets the message, despite warnings from his group, he think it is best to go alone and try to free the captive. It doesn't always go100 percent smooth, of course, although our hero, once again, shows his brains were better than anyone else of his day, not his brawn and talent. He's a smart guy.
To make it worse, the man simply didn't have the money. It was a lean year for crops. He has a wife and two kids. He's a nice man, too! (Boy, they make this manipulative.) It's interesting to see how news travels from Nottingham to the middle of the Shewood Forest. Let's just say they didn't have postal service the way we know it.
Anyway, when Robin gets the message, despite warnings from his group, he think it is best to go alone and try to free the captive. It doesn't always go100 percent smooth, of course, although our hero, once again, shows his brains were better than anyone else of his day, not his brawn and talent. He's a smart guy.
A Guest for the Gallows
Prismark104 August 2020
The nasty Sheriff of Nottingham decides to make an example of a family man unable to pay his taxes. Hang him high.
Even the tax collectors are shocked by this harsh approach who favour the man is allowed to postpone his taxes until his crops are grown.
When news reaches Robin Hood, he decides to save the man from the gallows.
Robin pretends to be a butcher who sells meat cheaply even for free to widows. He starts a fight in the market as other traders are jealous of his sales approach and is accused of selling stolen meat.
Robin is taken to see the Sheriff, he persuades the sheriff that he is gentry selling his father's animals who is fighting in the crusades. Making enough money to have a good time.
The sheriff accompanies him to see the animals and does not realise that this is a trap.
It makes you wonder just how clever the Sheriff is. Not only does he not recognise the outlaw Robin Hood or Friar Tuck. The Sheriff just wanders into Sherwood Forest with a stranger and finds himself held for ransom.
As for Robin, if the Sheriff does not know who the outlaws are by face, maybe he should keep it that way.
Even the tax collectors are shocked by this harsh approach who favour the man is allowed to postpone his taxes until his crops are grown.
When news reaches Robin Hood, he decides to save the man from the gallows.
Robin pretends to be a butcher who sells meat cheaply even for free to widows. He starts a fight in the market as other traders are jealous of his sales approach and is accused of selling stolen meat.
Robin is taken to see the Sheriff, he persuades the sheriff that he is gentry selling his father's animals who is fighting in the crusades. Making enough money to have a good time.
The sheriff accompanies him to see the animals and does not realise that this is a trap.
It makes you wonder just how clever the Sheriff is. Not only does he not recognise the outlaw Robin Hood or Friar Tuck. The Sheriff just wanders into Sherwood Forest with a stranger and finds himself held for ransom.
As for Robin, if the Sheriff does not know who the outlaws are by face, maybe he should keep it that way.
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