Doctor Syn (1937)
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Directors
Roy William Neill
Cast
George Arliss, John Loder, Margaret Lockwood
The story
In 1800, a detachment of Royal Navy tax revenue collectors led by Captain Collyer arrive in the village of Dymchurch on Romney Marsh. The area is known for liquor-smuggling, and they are on the trail of the culprits. They find a peaceful village of apparently honest, pious and simple folk, looked after benevolently by Squire Cobtree and the philanthropic vicar Doctor Syn.
Genres
adventure film, drama film
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