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  1. 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. [2] Robert Donat makes a cameo appearance as the Irish nationalist leader Charles Stewart Parnell. [3] The film explains how the word boycott appeared in the English language.

  2. 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
  3. 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...

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  4. Jan 25, 2018 · Captain Boycott. In a 19th-century Irish village, a selfish property owner named Captain Boycott (Cecil Parker) dispossesses the townspeople and leaves them without hope. But when a passionate ...

    • Frank Launder
    • History, Drama
    • Stewart Granger
  5. Captain Boycott (1947) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Menu. Movies. Release Calendar Top 250 Movies Most Popular ...

  6. One of the worst landlords, Captain Charles Boycott, lived in County Mayo and charged extortionate rents from his tenants and sharecroppers. In case of late payment, Captain Boycott forcibly evicted his tenants using the constabulary force or the army. Farmer Hugh Davin advocated the use of force rather than the passive resistance advocated by ...

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  8. 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 ...

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