Captain Boycott
Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

1947-08-26 - 93 minutes

6.70 / 10

Overview

Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.

Screenplay

Director - Frank Launder

Genres

Drama

History

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Cast

Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger

Hugh Davin

Kathleen Ryan

Kathleen Ryan

Anne Killain

Cecil Parker

Cecil Parker

Capt. Charles C. Boycott

Mervyn Johns

Mervyn Johns

Watty Connell

Alastair Sim

Alastair Sim

Father McKeogh

Noel Purcell

Noel Purcell

Daniel McGinty

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

Mark Killain

Maureen Delaney

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. Davin

Eddie Byrne

Eddie Byrne

Sean Kerin

Liam Gaffney

Liam Gaffney

Michael Fagan

Liam Redmond

Liam Redmond

Martin Egan

Edward Lexy

Edward Lexy

Sgt. Dempsey

Robert Donat

Robert Donat

Charles Stewart Parnell

Harry Webster

Harry Webster

Robert Hogan

Eddie Golden

Eddie Golden

Harry Piggott

Harry Hutchinson

Harry Hutchinson

Shamus Moore

Maurice Denham

Maurice Denham

Lt. Col. Strickland

Joe Linnane

Joe Linnane

Auctioneer

Ian Fleming

Ian Fleming

Times correspondent

Reginald Purdell

Reginald Purdell

American reporter

Cavan Malone

Cavan Malone

Billy Killain

John Kelly

John Kelly

Sheriff

Anne Clery

Anne Clery

Postmistress