Captain Boycott

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Captain Boycott ★★½ 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. 94m/B VHS . GB Cecil Parker, Stewart Granger, Kathleen Ryan, Niall MacGinnis, Robert Donat, Mervyn Johns, Alastair Sim, Noel Purcell, Maurice Denham; D: Frank Launder; W: Frank Launder, Wolfgang Wilhelm; C: Wilkie Cooper, Oswald Morris; M: William Alwyn.

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