Famed freeway robber Dick Turpin finds himself on the run within the English countryside having by chance kidnapped the Earl of Pembroke's feisty daughter, Elizabeth. As her fiance Winthroppe makes an attempt to trace them down, Elizabeth begins to fall for the dashing highwayman, leaving Turpin with no selection however to face off in opposition to Winthroppe in a battle for Elizabeth's coronary heart - and her fortune.