Set in France in the years following the faIl of Napoleon, Captain ScarIett seems to have been very much inspired by the legends of Robin Hood and Zorro. Captain Scarlett (Greene) returns to France to discover that his Iands have been seized by an unscrupulous nobleman. After saving Princess Maria (Amar) and being joined by a man named Pierre (Young) who has aIso lost his Iands, the group proceeds on a series of adventures in the fight for justice.