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"Disneyland" The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh: Part 1 (1963)


Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   430 votes
Director:
James Neilson
Writers:
Russell Thorndike (novel)
Robert Westerby (teleplay) ...
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Contact:
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TV Series:
"Disneyland" (1954)
Original Air Date:
December 1963 (Season 10, Episode 17)
Genre:
Animation | Action | Adventure | Biography | Drama | Family | Fantasy | Sci-Fi | Western more
Plot:
Dr. Syn, a country priest leads a rebel band against the King's naval press gangs. Press gangs (impressment)... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

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Patrick McGoohan ... Dr. Christopher Syn / The Scarecrow
George Cole ... Mr. Mipps / Hellspite
Tony Britton ... Simon Bates
Michael Hordern ... Squire Thomas Banks
Geoffrey Keen ... General Pugh
Kay Walsh ... Mrs. Waggett

Eric Pohlmann ... King George III
Patrick Wymark ... Joseph Ransley
Alan Dobie ... Mr. Frank Fragg - Prosecutor
Sean Scully ... John Banks / The Curlew
Eric Flynn ... Lt. Philip Brackenbury
David Buck ... Harry Banks
Percy Herbert ... Dover Castle Jailer
Robert Brown ... Sam Farley
Jill Curzon ... Katharine Banks
Mark Dignam ... The Bishop
Gordon Gostelow ... Ben
Bruce Seton ... Beadle
Allan McClelland ... 2nd Jailer
Richard O'Sullivan ... George Ransley
Simon Lack ... Dragoon Corporal
Elsie Wagstaff ... Mrs. Ransley
Peter Welch ... Stubbard
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Episode Crew
Directed by
James Neilson 
 
Writing credits
Russell Thorndike (novel "Christopher Syn")

Robert Westerby (teleplay)

Russell Thorndike  novel "Doctor Syn, a Smuggler Tale of the Romney Marsh"
Robert Westerby  writer

Produced by
Bill Anderson .... co-producer
Hugh Attwooll .... associate producer
Walt Disney .... producer
 
Original Music by
Gerard Schurmann  (as Gerard Schurmann)
 
Cinematography by
Paul Beeson 
 
Film Editing by
Peter Boita 
 
Art Direction by
Michael Stringer 
 
Set Decoration by
Peter James 
 
Costume Design by
Anthony Mendleson 
 
Makeup Department
Harry Frampton .... makeup supervisor
Henry Montsash .... hair stylist (as H Montsash)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
John Peverall .... assistant director
Richard Jenkins .... third assistant director (uncredited)
 
Sound Department
Charlie McFadden .... boom operator (uncredited)
Les Wiggins .... sound (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Terry Gilkyson .... composer: theme song "Scarecrow"
 
Other crew
Jack Bruner .... program coordinator (uncredited)
 
Crew believed to be complete


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Additional Details

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Runtime:
USA:129 min
Country:
UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound Recording)
Certification:
Australia:G | Canada:F (Ontario) | Finland:K-8 | UK:U
Company:
Walt Disney Productions more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "Days of Syn" festival is held every even-numbered year (e.g. 2006) by the residents of Dymchurch for fund-raising purposes. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen (2003) more

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User Comments

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13 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
GREAT!, 9 May 2001
Author: random_ax from chicago

I first saw this as SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH on DISNEY'S WONDERFUL WORLD OF COLOR (1963). The whole mystique of the character has remained with me all these years. McGoohan is subperb in portraying both the kindly vicar and the horrific Scarecrow.

The cool thing I recalled most about this movie was that McGoohan's Dr Syn, the vicar of Dymchurch, would sit between General Pugh (obsessed with the Scarecrow's capture) and the Squire (the local law) and listen contentedly to the plans.

I've seen this movie on ebay for 200 doallrs. Why Disney has not re-released this again on video is beyond me

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