Doctor Syn
1937 | 78m | English
Popularity: 1.0 (history)
| Director: | Roy William Neill |
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| Writer: | Russell Thorndike |
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| A highly respected clergyman is actually a former pirate who exacts vigilante justice in this British production. | |
| Release Date: | Aug 25, 1937 |
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| Director: | Roy William Neill |
| Writer: | Russell Thorndike |
| Genres: | Adventure, Drama |
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| Production Companies | Gaumont-British Picture Corporation |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: May 08, 2024 Entered: Apr 27, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| George Arliss | Dr Syn |
| Margaret Lockwood | Imogene Clegg |
| John Loder | Denis Cobtree |
| Roy Emerton | Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N. |
| Graham Moffatt | Jerry Jerk |
| Frederick Burtwell | Rash the Schoolmaster |
| George Merritt | Mipps the Coffin Maker |
| Athole Stewart | Squire Anthony Cobtree |
| Wilson Coleman | Dr. Pepper, MD |
| Wally Patch | Collyer's Bo'sun |
| Meinhart Maur | Mulatto |
| Muriel George | Mrs. Waggetts, Pub Owner |
| Wallace Bosco | Spectator in Coroner's Court (uncredited) |
| Leonard Sharp | Revenue Man (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
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| Roy William Neill | Director |
| Jack E. Cox | Cinematography |
| Roger Burford | Scenario Writer |
| Angelina Cameron | Sound Recordist |
| Alfred Roome | Editor |
| Russell Thorndike | Novel |
| R. E. Dearing | Editor |
| Louis Levy | Music Director |
| Michael Hogan | Dialogue |
| Alex Vetchinsky | Settings |
| Maude T. Howell | Assistant Director |
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| 2024 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
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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 thi ... s meticulously planned, and lucrative operation. Can he keep the nosey "Capt. Collyer" (Roy Emerton) from discovering the truth - and can he keep "Imogene" (Margaret Lockwood) from finding out a secret far worse? Russell Thorndike wrote a good novel, but somehow this film really never catches fire. It is has loads of mystery to it, but neither Arliss nor the usually reliable Lockwood are really on their game. Roy William Neill (who went on to do the marvellous Rathbone/Bruce "Sherlock Holmes" mysteries) is also well off his own game too, leaving us with a rather procedural costume drama that ought to have been much more lively and entertaining - we have crypts, creepy graveyards and misty marshes to work with, after all. I did enjoy it, but sadly nowhere near as much as I had expected.