Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

93 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 26, 1947

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.

Captain Boycott

93 mins | Drama, History | Aug. 26, 1947

Captain Boycott
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.
IMDb rating 6.4
Producers Individual Pictures
Original title Captain Boycott
Directors Paddy Arnold, Cecil R. Foster Kemp, Percy Hermes, Frank Launder
Writers Philip Rooney, Wolfgang Wilhelm, Frank Launder

Cast

Stewart Granger

as Hugh Davin

Kathleen Ryan

as Anne Killain

Cecil Parker

as Capt. Charles C. Boycott

Mervyn Johns

as Watty Connell

Alastair Sim

as Father McKeogh

Noel Purcell

as Daniel McGinty

Niall MacGinnis

as Mark Killain

Maureen Delaney

as Mrs. Davin

Eddie Byrne

as Sean Kerin

Liam Gaffney

as Michael Fagan

Liam Redmond

as Martin Egan

Edward Lexy

as Sgt. Dempsey

Robert Donat

as Charles Stewart Parnell

Bernadette O'Farrell

as Mrs. Fagan

Harry Webster

as Robert Hogan

Eddie Golden

as Harry Piggott

Harry Hutchinson

as Shamus Moore

Maurice Denham

as Lt. Col. Strickland

Phyllis Ryan

as Bridget

Joe Linnane

as Auctioneer

Ian Fleming

as Times correspondent

Reginald Purdell

as American reporter

Cavan Malone

as Billy Killain

John Kelly

as Sheriff

Anne Clery

as Postmistress

Sheila Carty

as Mary Creeg

Michael Ripper

as Pat Nolan

Norrie Duff

as Josie Egan

Harry A. Bailey

as Bookmaker

Michael Brennan

as Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)

Jimmy Charters

as Pub Patron (uncredited)

Lyn Evans

as Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)

James Hayter

as Music Hall Comic (uncredited)

Cyril Kent

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Desmond Llewelyn

as Gentleman on Train (uncredited)

Jack May

as Carriage Driver (uncredited)

Kathleen Murphy

as Fortune Teller (uncredited)

Pete Murray

as Young Officer (uncredited)

Johnnie Schofield

as British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)

Bill Shine

as Press Photographer

Thorley Walters

as Army Officer (uncredited)

Jim Winters

as Man at Bogside (uncredited)