Captain Boycott poster

Cast

Stewart Granger profile

Stewart Granger

Hugh Davin

Kathleen Ryan profile

Kathleen Ryan

Anne Killain

Cecil Parker profile

Cecil Parker

Capt. Charles C. Boycott

Mervyn Johns profile

Mervyn Johns

Watty Connell

Alastair Sim profile

Alastair Sim

Father McKeogh

Noel Purcell profile

Noel Purcell

Daniel McGinty

Niall MacGinnis profile

Niall MacGinnis

Mark Killain

Maureen Delaney profile

Maureen Delaney

Mrs. Davin

Eddie Byrne profile

Eddie Byrne

Sean Kerin

Liam Gaffney profile

Liam Gaffney

Michael Fagan

Liam Redmond profile

Liam Redmond

Martin Egan

Edward Lexy profile

Edward Lexy

Sgt. Dempsey

Robert Donat profile

Robert Donat

Charles Stewart Parnell

Harry Webster profile

Harry Webster

Robert Hogan

Eddie Golden profile

Eddie Golden

Harry Piggott

Harry Hutchinson profile

Harry Hutchinson

Shamus Moore

Maurice Denham profile

Maurice Denham

Lt. Col. Strickland

Joe Linnane profile

Joe Linnane

Auctioneer

Ian Fleming profile

Ian Fleming

Times correspondent

Reginald Purdell profile

Reginald Purdell

American reporter

Cavan Malone profile

Cavan Malone

Billy Killain

John Kelly profile

John Kelly

Sheriff

Anne Clery profile

Anne Clery

Postmistress

Sheila Carty profile

Sheila Carty

Mary Creeg

Norrie Duff profile

Norrie Duff

Josie Egan

Michael Brennan profile

Michael Brennan

Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)

Details

Status

Released

Original language

en

Countries

GB

Reviews

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A review by CinemaSerf 6

July 7, 2022

This is quite interesting if only for an etymology lesson in the origins of the word "boycott". Cecil Parker is the eponymous gentleman who stokes the hatred of his Irish Tenant farmers in the late 1800s. Charles Parnell (Robert Donat) preaches a more pacifist approach to protest - and so Stewart Granger ("Hugh") encourages his colleagues to down-tools and stop collecting the crops, stop paying the exorbitant rents - and to shun anyone who is prepared to co-operate with th...