Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow

Disney tale about a vicar (Patrick McGoohan) who makes midnight forays and becomes the Robin Hood of 18th-century England. George Cole, Tony Britton. Banks: Michael Hordern. General Pugh: Geoffrey Keen. Mrs. Waggett: Kay Walsh. Originally shown as a Disney TV special., This Disney drama, originally broadcast as a three-part TV episode, tells the story of a vicar’s double life. Outwardly, he is the model of upstanding citizenship and loyalty to an oppressive British government. But he is also a notorious smuggler who uses his ill-gotten gains to benefit his impoverished village.