Captain Boycott

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1947-08-26

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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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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1947-08-26

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Paddy Arnold

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Drama

History

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English

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J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Captain Boycott

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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