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Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

A bold man lives a double life... by day, a country parson... by night, a phantom smuggler!

Genres

AdventureDramaFamily

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English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

6.917/10

Release Date

06 December 1963

Country

United Kingdom

Cast

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow

George Cole

George Cole

Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite

Tony Britton

Tony Britton

Simon Bates

Michael Hordern

Michael Hordern

Squire Thomas Banks

Geoffrey Keen

Geoffrey Keen

General Pugh

Kay Walsh

Kay Walsh

Mrs. Waggett

Eric Pohlmann

Eric Pohlmann

King George III

Patrick Wymark

Patrick Wymark

Joseph Ransley

Alan Dobie

Alan Dobie

Mr. Frank Fragg - Prosecutor

Sean Scully

Sean Scully

John Banks / The Curlew

Eric Flynn

Eric Flynn

Lt. Philip Brackenbury

David Buck

David Buck

Harry Banks

Percy Herbert

Percy Herbert

Dover Castle Jailer

Robert Brown

Robert Brown

Sam Farley

Jill Curzon

Jill Curzon

Katharine Banks

Mark Dignam

Mark Dignam

The Bishop

Gordon Gostelow

Gordon Gostelow

Ben

Bruce Seton

Bruce Seton

Beadle

Allan McClelland

Allan McClelland

2nd Jailer

Richard O'Sullivan

Richard O'Sullivan

George Ransley

Simon Lack

Simon Lack

Dragoon Corporal

Elsie Wagstaff

Elsie Wagstaff

Mrs. Ransley

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