Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
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69% Critic Match

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

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

6.9 / 10 1963 1h 38mG English
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Storyline

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

Cast & Crew

Patrick McGoohan

Patrick McGoohan

Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow

Lead
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

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. James Neilson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker