Movielogr
Captain Boycott (1947)
Directed by Frank Launder
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.
Length 93 minutes
Actors
Stewart Granger | Kathleen Ryan | Cecil Parker | Mervyn Johns | Alastair Sim | Noel Purcell | Niall MacGinnis | Maureen Delaney | Eddie Byrne | Liam Gaffney | Liam Redmond | Edward Lexy | Robert Donat | Bernadette O'Farrell | Harry Webster | Eddie Golden | Harry Hutchinson | Maurice Denham | Phyllis Ryan | Joe Linnane | Ian Fleming | Reginald Purdell | Cavan Malone | John Kelly | Anne Clery | Sheila Carty | Michael Ripper | Norrie Duff | Harry A. Bailey | Michael Brennan | Jimmy Charters | Lyn Evans | James Hayter | Cyril Kent | Desmond Llewelyn | Jack May | Kathleen Murphy | Pete Murray | Johnnie Schofield | Bill Shine | Thorley Walters | Jim Winters