Captain Boycott

Captain Boycott

1h 33m 1947 Drama, History United Kingdom
Budget: - Revenue: -

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.

Director

Frank Launder

Writer

Wolfgang Wilhelm, Frank Launder