Passionate and Undying, Love Needs No Language in The World to Come
"There is something going on between us that I cannot unravel."
Captain Boycott (1947)
In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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In 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Captain Charles Boycott band together to assert their rights, patriotic farmer Hugh Davin leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracise their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
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Genre:Drama, History
Written By:Frank Launder, Wolfgang Wilhelm
In Theaters:8/26/1947
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Runtime:93 minutes
Studio:Individual Pictures, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Frank Launder
Director
Stewart Granger
Hugh Davin
Kathleen Ryan
Anne Killain
Cecil Parker
Capt. Charles C. Boycott
Mervyn Johns
Watty Connell
Alastair Sim
Father McKeogh
Noel Purcell
Daniel McGinty
Niall MacGinnis
Mark Killain
Maureen Delaney
Mrs. Davin
Eddie Byrne
Sean Kerin
Liam Gaffney
Michael Fagan
Liam Redmond
Martin Egan
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