Max is an ex-con who’s been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who’s returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. They form an unlikely pair as the brawling Max learns a little how Lionel copes with the world: Lionel believes that the scarecrow doesn’t scare birds, but instead amuses them – birds find scare-crows funny.

Scarecrow (1973)
  • Rating: (6,104 votes)
  • Tagline:The road leads itself to somewhere. »
  • Runtime:112 minutes
  • Director: Jerry Schatzberg
  • Country:USA
  • Actors:
    Max Millan
    Gene Hackman
    Francis Lionel 'Lion' Delbuchi
    Al Pacino
    Coley
    Dorothy Tristan
    Frenchy
    Ann Wedgeworth
    Jack Riley
    Richard Lynch
    Darlene
    Eileen Brennan
    Annie Gleason
    Penelope Allen
    Mickey Grenwood
    Richard Hackman
    Skipper
    Al Cingolani
    Woman in Camper
    Rutanya Alda
  • Genre:Drama
  • Producer:
    Robert M. Sherman
    producer  
  • Plots: Max is an ex-con who's been saving money to open a car wash in Pittsburgh. Lionel is a sailor who's returning home to the midwest to see the child born while he was at sea. They form an unlikely pair as the brawling Max learns a little how Lionel copes with the world: Lionel believes that the scarecrow doesn't scare birds, but instead amuses them - birds find scare-crows funny. Written by Gary Dickerson <slug@mail.utexas.edu>
Scarecrow
  • User's comment:Two of the greats by djvcbd

    I saw Scarecrow when it originally came out in 1973. Like so many movies of that era (late 60's - early 70's) it didn't have the requisite "happy ending" that Hollywood force feeds us today. Instead, we're presented with the desolate lives of two drifters searching for redemption at their respective destinations of Pittsburgh and Detroit. Hackman and Pacino are at their best here, providing the same type of brilliant acting and on-screen presence that Voight and Hoffman gave us in Midnight Cowboy (1969). In fact I've always thought these two movies would make for a great "compare and contrast" assignment in a Theatre Arts class.

    Hackman has been quoted as saying that this was his favorite role. No argument here, it's my favorite too. Thanks Gene. You too Al.


  • Quotes: Lion: Scarecrows are beautiful. Max Millan: For every car, there is dirt. Lion: The crows are laughin'!
  • Also known as: Espantapájaros (Mexico - imdb display title), Espantapájaros (Spain), Asphalt-Blüten (West Germany), Espantalho (Brazil), Fågelskrämman (Sweden), Fugleskræmslet (Denmark), L'épouvantail (France), Lo spaventapasseri (Italy), Madárijesztő (Hungary), O Espantalho (Portugal), Sperietoarea (Romania), Strach na wróble (Poland), To skiahtro (Greece - transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title), Variksenpelätin (Finland),

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