Dick Turpin (Tom Mix), of course, was a brutal criminal in reality though this film portrays him as a movie hero. Turpin is a dashing hero alongside his friend Tom King (Alan Hale) and this is standard swashbuckling fare with plenty of splendid horsemanship (with the famous screen horse Tony as Black Bess) and fighting (sword, guns and fists).
Dick Turpin has a girl (Kathleen Myers), but she is due to wed in a terrible marriage. Dick Turpin manages to get the girl after a series of adventures including a rather good boxing match. This is a typical silent movie epic with splendid costumes, sets and a huge cast of extras.
Tom Mix (with Tony the Horse) was the top on-screen cowboy of the silent movie era so it is interesting to see him in a different era, even if much of the action is similar.
