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Captain Boycott

★ 6.7 (8 votes) | 1947 | 1h 33m
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Overview

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.

Details
  • Status Released
  • Release Date August 26, 1947
  • Budget N/A
  • Revenue N/A
  • Production Individual Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

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