Desc: 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.