Captain Boycott (1947)
1h 33m
Running Time
August 26, 1947Release Date
Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
![Stewart Granger](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21742-stewart-granger.webp)
Stewart Granger
Hugh Davin
![Kathleen Ryan](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/61711-kathleen-ryan.webp)
Kathleen Ryan
Anne Killain
![Mervyn Johns](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22921-mervyn-johns.webp)
Mervyn Johns
Watty Connell
![Cecil Parker](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/16875-cecil-parker.webp)
Cecil Parker
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
![Alastair Sim](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17642-alastair-sim.webp)
Alastair Sim
Father McKeogh
![Noel Purcell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22919-noel-purcell.webp)
Noel Purcell
Daniel McGinty
![Frank Launder](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17602-frank-launder.webp)
Frank Launder
Director
![Wolfgang Wilhelm](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Writer
![Niall MacGinnis](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25075-niall-macginnis.webp)
Niall MacGinnis
Mark Killain
![Paul Vincent Carroll](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/798799-paul-vincent-carroll.webp)
Paul Vincent Carroll
Writer
![Maureen Delaney](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/258225-maureen-delaney.webp)
Maureen Delaney
Mrs. Davin
![Patrick Campbell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Patrick Campbell
Writer
![Eddie Byrne](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/514-eddie-byrne.webp)
Eddie Byrne
Sean Kerin
![Liam Gaffney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Liam Gaffney
Michael Fagan
![Philip Rooney](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Philip Rooney
Writer
![Liam Redmond](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/43671-liam-redmond.webp)
Liam Redmond
Martin Egan
![Sidney Gilliat](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17641-sidney-gilliat.webp)
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
![Edward Lexy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Edward Lexy
Sgt. Dempsey
![Robert Donat](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/24339-robert-donat.webp)
Robert Donat
Charles Stewart Parnell
![Bernadette O'Farrell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/17596-bernadette-o-farrell.webp)
Bernadette O'Farrell
Mrs. Fagan
![Harry Webster](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harry Webster
Robert Hogan
![Eddie Golden](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Eddie Golden
Harry Piggott
![Harry Hutchinson](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/244765-harry-hutchinson.webp)
Harry Hutchinson
Shamus Moore
![Maurice Denham](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22937-maurice-denham.webp)
Maurice Denham
Lt. Col. Strickland
![Phyllis Ryan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Phyllis Ryan
Bridget
![Joe Linnane](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Joe Linnane
Auctioneer
![Ian Fleming](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60962-ian-fleming.webp)
Ian Fleming
Times correspondent
![Reginald Purdell](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25902-reginald-purdell.webp)
Reginald Purdell
American reporter
![Cavan Malone](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cavan Malone
Billy Killain
![John Kelly](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/25859-john-kelly.webp)
John Kelly
Sheriff
![Anne Clery](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Anne Clery
Postmistress
![Sheila Carty](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Sheila Carty
Mary Creeg
![Michael Ripper](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/5779-michael-ripper.webp)
Michael Ripper
Pat Nolan
![Norrie Duff](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Norrie Duff
Josie Egan
![Harry A. Bailey](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Harry A. Bailey
Bookmaker
![Michael Brennan](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Michael Brennan
Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
![Jimmy Charters](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jimmy Charters
Pub Patron (uncredited)
![Lyn Evans](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lyn Evans
Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)
![James Hayter](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/21344-james-hayter.webp)
James Hayter
Music Hall Comic (uncredited)
![Cyril Kent](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Cyril Kent
Party Guest (uncredited)
![Desmond Llewelyn](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6261-desmond-llewelyn.webp)
Desmond Llewelyn
Gentleman on Train (uncredited)
![Jack May](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jack May
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
![Kathleen Murphy](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Kathleen Murphy
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
![Pete Murray](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Pete Murray
Young Officer (uncredited)
![Johnnie Schofield](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/284698-johnnie-schofield.webp)
Johnnie Schofield
British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
![Bill Shine](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/168440-bill-shine.webp)
Bill Shine
Press Photographer
![Thorley Walters](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/8311-thorley-walters.webp)
Thorley Walters
Army Officer (uncredited)
![Jim Winters](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jim Winters
Man at Bogside (uncredited)
![Oswald Morris](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/314319-oswald-morris.webp)
Oswald Morris
Camera Operator
![Stuart Freeborn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
![William Hutchinson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
William Hutchinson
Assistant Art Director
![Wilkie Cooper](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1116633-wilkie-cooper.webp)
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
![Sophie Devine](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/1154341-sophie-devine.webp)
Sophie Devine
Costume Design
![Thelma Connell](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Thelma Connell
Editor
![William Alwyn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
![Muir Mathieson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Media.
![Captain Boycott](https://images.moviefit.me/t/c/b/91539-captain-boycott.webp)
Details.
Release DateAugust 26, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
Last updated:
Wiki.
Captain Boycott is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and Cecil Parker. Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell. The film explains how the word boycott appeared in the English language. Ironically, the titular character plays a secondary role in the film, as an anti-hero, and the hero of the film is Hugh Davin.