Captain Boycott Movie Review 1947

In 1880 Ireland, Boycott (Parker) is the despised rent collector for an aristocratic English landlord. When the poor tenant farmers can't pay, he's quick to throw them off the land. The farmers then band together to get rid of Boycott. Granger and Ryan are the prerequisite young lovers. Adapted from the novel by Philip Rooney.

Distribution

Hallmark Home Entertainment, 6100 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1400, Los Angeles, CA 90048, Phone: (213)634-3000, Fax: (213)549-3760, Remarks: Lainie Handelman, Mktg.

Available on VHS
Running time 94 minutes.
Originally from British.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Ireland, Farm Livin', Period Piece: 19th Century

Screenplay

Frank Launder, Wolfgang Wilhelm

Cast

Cecil Parker, Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Donat, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim, Noel Purcell, Maurice Denham

Cinematography

Wilkie Cooper, Oswald Morris

Director

Frank Launder

Music

William Alwyn

Producer

Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder