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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
Captain Boycott: Directed by Frank Launder. With Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim. In 1880 Ireland, poor farmers rebel against the abuses of their British landlords.
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- Drama, History
- Frank Launder
- 1948-03-05
Dec 6, 2023 · Captain Boycott is a 1947 British historical drama film directed by Frank Launder and starring Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim and...
- 89 min
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- DK Classics III
Directed by Frank Launder. 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.
- Frank Launder
In a 19th-century Irish village, a selfish property owner named Captain Boycott (Cecil Parker) dispossesses the townspeople and leaves them without hope.
- Frank Launder
- History, Drama
- Stewart Granger
Fact-based historical drama about the Irish farmer rebellion against the landed and privileged class. In 1880, prominent Irish politician Charles Stewart Parnell, President of the Irish Land League which represented tenants' rights, held a public speech against the landlords.
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Show full cast and credits. The story of how the landlord Captain Charles Boycott was defeated by his tenant farmers after they refused to co-operate with him, their success going on to enrich the English language. Show full synopsis.
