Captain Boycott

Duration: 93 min

Release date: 1947-08-26

IMDB

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.

Drama History

Captain Boycott

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Stewart Granger

Stewart Granger

as Anne Killain

as Capt. Charles C. Boycott

as Watty Connell

as Father McKeogh

as Daniel McGinty

Niall MacGinnis

Niall MacGinnis

as Mark Killain

Maureen Delaney

Maureen Delaney

as Michael Fagan

as Sgt. Dempsey

as Charles Stewart Parnell

Bernadette O'Farrell

Bernadette O'Farrell

as Robert Hogan

as Harry Piggott

Harry Hutchinson

Harry Hutchinson

as Shamus Moore

as Lt. Col. Strickland

as Times correspondent

Reginald Purdell

Reginald Purdell

as American reporter

as Billy Killain

as Postmistress

Harry A. Bailey

Harry A. Bailey

Michael Brennan

Michael Brennan

as Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)

as Pub Patron (uncredited)

as Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)

as Music Hall Comic (uncredited)

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

Desmond Llewelyn

as Gentleman on Train (uncredited)

as Carriage Driver (uncredited)

Kathleen Murphy

Kathleen Murphy

as Fortune Teller (uncredited)

as Young Officer (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

Johnnie Schofield

as British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)

as Press Photographer

Thorley Walters

Thorley Walters

as Army Officer (uncredited)

as Man at Bogside (uncredited)

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Wolfgang Wilhelm

Wolfgang Wilhelm

Director of Photography

Assistant Editor

Still Photographer

William Hutchinson

William Hutchinson

Assistant Art Director

Charles Crafford

Charles Crafford

Original Music Composer

Arthur Southgate

Arthur Southgate

E.M. Smedley-Aston

E.M. Smedley-Aston

Production Manager

Cecil R. Foster Kemp

Cecil R. Foster Kemp

Second Unit Director

Camera Operator

Assistant Director

Location Manager

Sound Recordist

Stuart Freeborn

Stuart Freeborn

Camera Operator

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