Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow
A bold man lives a double life... by day, a country parson... by night, a phantom smuggler!
6.9(18) 1963-12-06 98 minAdventureDramaFamily
English vicar Dr. Syn becomes a scarecrow on horseback by night to thwart King George III's taxmen.
DirectorJames Neilson
ScreenplayRobert Westerby
ProducerWalt Disney
Original Music ComposerGerard Schurmann
Original Music ComposerCarlo Martelli
Cast & characters
Patrick McGoohan
as Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
George Cole
as Mr. Sexton Mipps / Hellspite
Tony Britton
as Simon Bates
Michael Hordern
as Squire Thomas Banks
Geoffrey Keen
as General Pugh
Kay Walsh
as Mrs. Waggett
Eric Pohlmann
as King George III
Patrick Wymark
as Joseph Ransley
Alan Dobie
as Mr. Frank Fragg - Prosecutor
Sean Scully
as John Banks / The Curlew
Eric Flynn
as Lt. Philip Brackenbury
David Buck
as Harry Banks
Percy Herbert
as Dover Castle Jailer
Robert Brown
as Sam Farley
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Jill Curzon
as Katharine Banks
Mark Dignam
as The Bishop
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Gordon Gostelow
as Ben
Bruce Seton
as Beadle
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Allan McClelland
as 2nd Jailer
Richard O'Sullivan
as George Ransley
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Simon Lack
as Dragoon Corporal
Elsie Wagstaff
as Mrs. Ransley
