Captain Boycott (1947)

7.2/10 93 min Drama History

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.

Cast

Stewart Granger

Hugh Davin

Kathleen Ryan

Anne Killain

Cecil Parker

Capt. Charles C. Boycott

Mervyn Johns

Watty Connell

Alastair Sim

Father McKeogh

Noel Purcell

Daniel McGinty

Niall MacGinnis

Mark Killain

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. Davin

Eddie Byrne

Sean Kerin

Liam Gaffney

Michael Fagan

Liam Redmond

Martin Egan

Robert Donat

Charles Stewart Parnell

Bernadette O'Farrell

Mrs. Fagan

Maurice Denham

Lt. Col. Strickland

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