Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Dec 6, 1963

1h 38m

★ 7.0

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

Overview

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

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Walt Disney Productions

Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow Trailers

Cast

Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow

Patrick McGoohan

Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite

George Cole

Simon Bates

Tony Britton

Squire Thomas Banks

Michael Hordern

General Pugh

Geoffrey Keen

Mrs. Waggett

Kay Walsh

King George III

Eric Pohlmann

Joseph Ransley

Patrick Wymark

Mr. Frank Fragg - Prosecutor

Alan Dobie

John Banks / The Curlew

Sean Scully

Lt. Philip Brackenbury

Eric Flynn

Harry Banks

David Buck

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