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
Hugh Davin
Kathleen Ryan
Anne Killain
Mervyn Johns
Watty Connell
Cecil Parker
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Alastair Sim
Father McKeogh
Noel Purcell
Daniel McGinty
Frank Launder
Director
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Writer
Niall MacGinnis
Mark Killain
Paul Vincent Carroll
Writer
Maureen Delaney
Mrs. Davin
Patrick Campbell
Writer
Eddie Byrne
Sean Kerin
Liam Gaffney
Michael Fagan
Philip Rooney
Writer
Liam Redmond
Martin Egan
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
Edward Lexy
Sgt. Dempsey
Robert Donat
Charles Stewart Parnell
Bernadette O'Farrell
Mrs. Fagan
Harry Webster
Robert Hogan
Eddie Golden
Harry Piggott
Harry Hutchinson
Shamus Moore
Maurice Denham
Lt. Col. Strickland
Phyllis Ryan
Bridget
Joe Linnane
Auctioneer
Ian Fleming
Times correspondent
Reginald Purdell
American reporter
Cavan Malone
Billy Killain
John Kelly
Sheriff
Anne Clery
Postmistress
Sheila Carty
Mary Creeg
Michael Ripper
Pat Nolan
Norrie Duff
Josie Egan
Harry A. Bailey
Bookmaker
Michael Brennan
Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Lyn Evans
Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)
James Hayter
Music Hall Comic (uncredited)
Cyril Kent
Party Guest (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn
Gentleman on Train (uncredited)
Jack May
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Kathleen Murphy
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Pete Murray
Young Officer (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Press Photographer
Thorley Walters
Army Officer (uncredited)
Jim Winters
Man at Bogside (uncredited)
Oswald Morris
Camera Operator
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
William Hutchinson
Assistant Art Director
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
Sophie Devine
Costume Design
Thelma Connell
Editor
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 26, 1947
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Filming LocationsPinewood Studios, United Kingdom
Genres
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.