Rob Em Good 1936
King Finn (King Richard: James Finlayson) has been captured by the Duke of Austria.
Finn's brother Prince John, (Henry Brandon) assumes the throne.
Prince John is a tyrant, who oppresses the Saxons and raises taxes to secure his place on the throne.
Among the other dignitaries, there was Lady Marion (Mae Busch) and Lady Isabella (Thelma Todd).
The Saxon nobleman, Sir Robin of Locksley (Robert Bailey) does not like Prince John's tyrannical ways.
Robin bravely proclaims that he will stop Prince John from spreading fear throughout the country and will restore Finn to the throne.
Robin resides in Sherwood Forest and finds new recruits for his army; the first two recruits are Little John Laurel and Friar Hardy.
Robin, Laurel, and Hardy will protect the Normans from the Saxons tyrannical reign.
*Enter Laurel and Hardy
Robin jumps in front of them and draws his sword.
Stan and Ollie do the same.
Robin: "Greetings my good men."
Ollie: "Why hello there."
Stan: "Are you friendly?"
Robin: "It depends on who you think is friendly. I'm looking for a few good men to join me in defeating the Normans. Will you care to join me?"
Ollie: "Certainly."
Later on
*Laurel, Hardy, and Robin are floating down the river on a raft, searching for new recruits.
Robin is telling the boys about King Fin and the Normans.
Ollie: "Well he sounds like a royal pain. Next time we see him, we are going to give him a piece of my mind."
Stan: "We certainly are. We would give him a piece of his mind too, but he doesn't have any to spare."
Soon Robin and the boys recruit more men for their army.
The army he forms is seen as outlaws, when they really are protectors of the Saxons.
Robin is walking along discussing with a few gentlemen, his ideals and the purpose of their little army.
*Enter Laurel and Hardy
Robin: "We must steal form the rich and give to the poor."
Stan: "He's got it all switched around, we need to give to the poor by stealing from the poor, that way we cut out the middle man."
Ollie: "Say that again."
Stan: "We need to steal from the poor and give the middle man to the rich there by getting rid of the rich and…."
Robin: "No you fool, we steal from the rich and give to the poor and treat all men and women with courtesy, Norman or Saxon."
Robin and his band of men went around the countryside, killing Prince John's tax collectors and any Norman nobleman who abuses his power.
Laurel and Hardy attempted to stop the tax collectors, but normally ended up falling in the river or hitting each other with clubs.
While they were in the forest, Laurel and Hardy set traps to capture the Normans.
Ollie: "Now be careful Stanley, don't set off any of these traps."
Stan: "I won't Ollie."
Stan steps over the trap and grabs a wooden panel.
He turns around and the wooden panel hits Ollie in the rear end.
Ollie falls down on the grass and the trap is rigged.
The vines raise up and tangle Ollie in them as if he were in a net.
Ollie: "Oh Stan, why don't you help me? Get me down from here."
Stan cuts the rope holding the vine net.
Ollie falls on top of Stan.
Ollie gives his famous camera look and Stan scratches his head, confused.
Then they proceed to fix their traps, not without instigating a few more messes.
Finally their efforts paid off and they captured many Normans including Sir Guy, Lady Marion, and Lady Isabella.
Robin decided to taunt Sir Guy, as he had been a main source of pain and misery for the Saxons.
As soon as Robin and his men stripped the Normans of their weapons, clothes, and food; they were forced to stay prisoner for a while.
Stan took a piece of fruit from one of the Normans and took a bite.
It was a piece of fake fruit and his teeth got stuck in it.
Ollie tried to pull the fruit off, but it wouldn't budge.
Finally Stan got it loose and pulled it out.
Laurel and Hardy were immediately captured by the beauty of Lady Isabella and Lady Marion.
Lady Marion and Friar Hardy take a walk in the woods.
Though the men were captured, the ladies were able to walk freely around their campsite.
Lady Isabella and Little John Laurel were at the campsite trying to decide who would go fetch some water from the creek.
On the way to the creek, they run into Lady Marion and Friar Hardy.
Lady Marion and Friar Hardy were becoming increasingly close, as were Lady Isabella and Little John Laurel.
Little John Laurel: "I'm going to get some water from the river."
Friar Hardy: "No, I will do it, you would probably spill it."
As Friar Hardy went to the river, Little John Laurel tripped over a rock and stumbled into Friar Hardy.
Friar Hardy fell into the river.
He gazed up at Little John Laurel and said, "Well here's another nice mess you've gotten me into."
Then he gives his classic camera look and huffs.
Lady Marion helps him out of the river and they return to the campsite to allow Friar Hardy's clothes to dry.
During their time together, Ladys Marion and Isabella come to see that the Norman's intentions aren't as pure and beneficial as they seem.
They see the good in Robin's intentions and decide to help the boys in their quest.
Robin decides to let Sir Guy and the Sherrif leave Sherwood, humiliated.
Lady Marion and Isabella decide to stay for a while.
When Lady Marion and Isabella depart, they say goodbye to their companions Friar Hardy and Little John Laurel.
The boys' hearts have been captured by these two influential creatures.
Lady Marion and Isabella return to the castle to Prince John, but don't share their experience.
Sir Guy shares what he has learned with Prince John.
Together they devise a scheme to capture Robin by announcing an archery tournament with the prize of a golden arrow to be presented by the two Ladies.
Robin wins the archery tournament.
Then the guards surround him, preventing escape.
Their plan is to hang him.
Friar Hardy and Little John Laurel won't let that happen.
They attempt to free Robin.
Chaos ensues, as it always does with the boys; and a sword fight is started inside the castle walls.
*Inside the castle, Robin, Stan, Ollie, Sir Guy and one of his guards were fighting.
As Little John Laurel and Friar Hardy take on one of the guards, Robin and Sir Guy were engaged in a battle.
During the sword fight scene, Little John Laurel and Friar Hardy hid behind curtains away from the guard.
The guard sees their shoes poking out from the bottom of the curtain, attempting to puncture them.
He does not feel any flesh behind the curtains, so he pulls back the curtain and looks down.
Little John Laurel and Friar Hardy are on their knees, thus being too low to puncture with the sword.
They resume their sword fight and back the guard into a wall, then Friar Hardy knocks over a statue and it falls on the guard, knocking him out.
Despite defeating the guard, Robin is captured by Sir Guy and his reinforcements.
Unbeknownst to the kingdom, King Finn and several trusted knights have returned to England, disguised as monks.
Laurel and Hardy are out spying for Robin Hood to report any suspicious activity.
They stay at a roadside inn, the same inn that King Finn stays at while in disguise.
The king was replenishing his strength until he was ready to fight his brother for the throne.
He had heard the horrible things his brother had done; he was ready to fight for his kingdom if necessary.
*Enter Laurel and Hardy
Ollie: "I'm glad we are able to go on our own for a while."
Stan: "That Robin Hood is a nice fellow. We must help him stop Prince John."
King Finn: "Did you say Prince John?"
Stan: "Yes, sir."
King Finn reveals himself.
Stan and Ollie do a double take.
Ollie: "Why it's King Finn."
King Finn: "Now don't tell anyone I'm here okay, I need to work on a plan to take down my brother."
Stan: "We won't tell a soul right, Ollie? Now let's go report to Robin Hood."
Ollie: "Now wait just a minute. Didn't you hear King Finn; we aren't to tell a soul."
The innkeeper asks Stan and Ollie to help with the cooking since his cooks quit.
Stan and Ollie agree; they walked into a clean organized kitchen.
Chaos ensued; the boys spilled the flour, broke some plates, and burnt the food.
King Finn ate whatever was edible.
For some reason, Stan and Ollie decided to set up traps for the night, they didn't want anyone coming to disturb the king.
The next morning, King Finn asked for a sparring partner.
Stan and Ollie both volunteered and drew their swords.
They didn't see the traps and they both got caught in an ivy made net.
"Well, here's another nice mess you've gotten me into." Ollie said.
After they got down, they resume their fighting.
Their fighting doesn't last long, since Stan and Ollie are not very good swordsmen.
As they spar, they are spotted by the Bishop of Black Canons.
The Bishop alerts Prince John.
Malbete is given the task of disposing of Finn in return for the restoration of his rank of knight and Robin's manor and estate.
Marion overheard Prince John's plan to dispose of Finn.
She writes a note to Robin, but Sir Guy finds the note and has her arrested for treason.
Her punishment is execution.
Isabella warns Robin of the plot and Marion's pending execution.
Stan and Ollie are notified as well and bring King Finn to meet with Robin.
King Finn reveals his identity to Robin and his men.
Robin, King Finn, Stan, and Ollie devise a plan to sneak into Nottingham Castle.
The men disguise themselves as monks and plan to join the crowd in Prince John's coronation.
They sneak into the palace and interrupt the coronation, then a sword fight occurs.
Robin vs Sir Guy, Finn vs John, Stan and Ollie vs the Bishop.
During the sword fight, Stan and Ollie knock over a suit of knights armor.
The helmet lands on Stan's head and the breastplate lands on Ollie.
The boys find it difficult to fight with these items attached to them.
Ollie had a plan.
He took a nearby shield and hit the Bishop over the head with it
Then he took the helmet (with Stan still inside) and rammed the helmet into the stomach of the Bishop.
The helmet came loose from Stan's head.
Stan immediately perked up and went over to the door where the cells were.
He opened the door and Ollie kicked the Bishop in.
The Bishop fell down the stairs and was knocked unconscious.
Ollie went down the cell stairs, over the unconscious Bishop.
He frees Marion from her cell.
Prince John and his men are defeated and Finn exiles John and his followers.
Finn knights Robin and commends him of his loyalty and sword skills promoting him to Earl of Sherwood and protector of Nottingham.
The Saxons and Normans are now living in an equal society, where ridiculous taxes are not enforced.
Robin: "May I obey all your commands with equal pleasure, Sire!"
Ollie: "See everything worked out Stanley."
Stan: "It certainly did Ollie."
Stan and Ollie married Isabella and Marion.