Little Johns temper gets the best of him and as he strayed away from the outlaws the sheriffs men were there to capture him. The sheriff has caught himself an outlaw and has decreed that Little John will be subject to a hanging. However, no soldier or guard is willing to be the hangman. So the sheriff must recruit from outside of the village. The mysterious masked hangman arrives to earn his reward by making an example of an outlaw.
Personal Synopsis
Little John is often portrayed as the clumsy loaf with a quick temper. Most of the time it is utilised by the writers of this series for comedic purposes. This time, he is subject to the sheriff in a way he has yet to have experienced. The hangman from the tower of london adds a mysterious angle into a somewhat standard episode.
Original Air-Date: January 21st 1957
Directed by Terence Fisher
Written by Francis Nesbitt
Robin Hood- Richard Greene
Sheriff of Nottingham- Alan Wheatley
Little John- Archie Duncan
Friar Tuck- Alexander Gauge
Derwent- Victor Woolf
Maid Marian- Bernadette O’Farrell
Seneschal- Patrick Troughton
Joan- Simone Lovell
Bishop- Walter Horsbrugh
Quentin- Shaun O’Riordan
Sergeant- Fred Goddard
Man-at-arms- Paul Eddington
Jailor- Bernard Goldman
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