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Doctor Syn. (film) Doctor Syn ( Dr. Syn in the United States) is a 1937 British black-and-white historical dramatic adventure film, directed by Roy William Neill for Gainsborough Pictures. It stars George Arliss (in his last feature film), Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt, and Ronald Shiner. [1] The film is based on the Doctor Syn novels of ...
Doctor Syn: Directed by Roy William Neill. With George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, John Loder, Roy Emerton. When customs and excise men arrive at the village of Dymchurch in Kent, they uncover an intricate smuggling network being coordinated by the local parson, Dr Syn. Unknown to all but a few locals Dr Syn also hides a secret past, that he was once the notorious pirate Captain Clegg.
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- Drama, Adventure
- Roy William Neill
- 1937-11-14
The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn [1] [2] [3] is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. The first book, Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh [4] was published in 1915. The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th-century Romney Marsh, [5] where brandy and tobacco were brought in at night by boat from France to avoid ...
Nov 21, 1975 · Dr. Syn, Alias the Scarecrow: Directed by James Neilson. With Patrick McGoohan, George Cole, Tony Britton, Michael Hordern. In eighteenth century England, the mysterious masked rider known as the Scarecrow (Patrick McGoohan) leads a rebel band to save the town of Romney Marsh from King George III's (Eric Pohlmann's) oppression and Naval press gangs.
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- Adventure
- James Neilson
- 1975-11-21
60 %. Written by CinemaSerf on June 20, 2022. George Arliss is the ostensibly harmless local vicar "Dr. Syn" in a small English village that is visited by the excise men, determined to identify those who are smuggling goods - brandy, silks, etc. - from France. Unbeknown to all, (except us), he is really the shrewd criminal mastermind behind ...
Doctor Syn is a 1937 British black-and-white historical dramatic adventure film, directed by Roy William Neill for Gainsborough Pictures. It stars George Arliss, Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt, and Ronald Shiner. The film is based on the Doctor Syn novels of Russell Thorndike, set in 18th century Kent. The character of Syn and the events at the film's climax were both softened considerably ...
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Doctor Syn is a 1937 British black-and-white historical dramatic adventure film, directed by Roy William Neill for Gainsborough Pictures. It stars George Arliss (in his last feature film), Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt and Ronald Shiner. The film is based on the Doctor Syn novels of Russell Thorndike, set in 18th century Kent.
