Captain Boycott

Movie Facts

Runtime
93 min

Status
Released

Language
EN

Popularity
1.17

Director
Frank Launder

Writers
Frank Launder, Wolfgang Wilhelm

Captain Boycott

1947 · ⭐ 6.5 · Votes: 7

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.

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Genres

Drama History

Moods

Intense Emotional Stylish

Cast

Alastair Sim Anne Clery Bernadette O'Farrell Bill Shine Cavan Malone Cecil Parker Cyril Kent Desmond Llewelyn Eddie Byrne Eddie Golden Edward Lexy Harry A. Bailey Harry Hutchinson Harry Webster Ian Fleming Jack May James Hayter Jim Winters Jimmy Charters Joe Linnane John Kelly Johnnie Schofield Kathleen Murphy Kathleen Ryan Liam Gaffney Liam Redmond Lyn Evans Maureen Delaney Maurice Denham Mervyn Johns Michael Brennan Michael Ripper Niall MacGinnis Noel Purcell Norrie Duff Pete Murray Phyllis Ryan Reginald Purdell Robert Donat Sheila Carty Stewart Granger Thorley Walters

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