At the 1973 Cannes Film Festival , the film won the equivalent of the Palme d'Or of later years , the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film , shared with '' The Hireling '' directed by Alan Bridges . It also won Best Non-European Film at Denmark 's 1974 Bodil Awards . In the U.S. , '' Scarecrow '' proved to be a box office bomb
1973 Cannes Film Festival
1973 Cannes Film Festival
Scarecrow (1973 film)