Captain Boycott
★ 7.2·1947·1h 33min·Drama and History
Overview
In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
- Director
- Frank Launder
- Original language
- English
- Status
- Released (Aug 26, 1947)
Cast
40 people
Stewart GrangerHugh Davin
Kathleen RyanAnne Killain
Cecil ParkerCapt. Charles C. Boycott
Mervyn JohnsWatty Connell
Alastair SimFather McKeogh
Noel PurcellDaniel McGinty
Niall MacGinnisMark Killain
Maureen DelaneyMrs. Davin
Eddie ByrneSean Kerin
Liam GaffneyMichael Fagan
Liam RedmondMartin Egan- ELEdward LexySgt. Dempsey
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Robert DonatCharles Stewart Parnell- BOBernadette O'FarrellMrs. Fagan
- HWHarry WebsterRobert Hogan
- EGEddie GoldenHarry Piggott
- HHHarry HutchinsonShamus Moore
Maurice DenhamLt. Col. Strickland- PRPhyllis RyanBridget
- JLJoe LinnaneAuctioneer
Ian FlemingTimes correspondent
Reginald PurdellAmerican reporter- CMCavan MaloneBilly Killain
John KellySheriff- ACAnne CleryPostmistress
- SCSheila CartyMary Creeg
Michael RipperPat Nolan- NDNorrie DuffJosie Egan
- HAHarry A. BaileyBookmaker
Michael BrennanJim O'Rourke (uncredited)- JCJimmy ChartersPub Patron (uncredited)
- LELyn EvansYokel on Haystack (uncredited)
James HayterMusic Hall Comic (uncredited)- CKCyril KentParty Guest (uncredited)
Desmond LlewelynGentleman on Train (uncredited)
Jack MayCarriage Driver (uncredited)- KMKathleen MurphyFortune Teller (uncredited)
- PMPete MurrayYoung Officer (uncredited)
Johnnie SchofieldBritish Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
Bill ShinePress Photographer
