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Captain Boycott

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Original title

Captain Boycott

Year

1947

Running time

92 min.

Country

United Kingdom

Director

Frank Launder

Screenwriter

Wolfgang Wilhelm, Frank Launder, Paul V. Carroll, Patrick Campbell. Novel: Philip Rooney

Cast

Music

William Alwyn

Cinematography

Wilkie Cooper (B&W)

Producer

Individual Pictures

Genre

Drama | Historical. 19th Century

Synopsis

Set in early 19th-century Ireland, this fact-based drama chronicles the peasant uprising of peasants who finally tire of the brutality of Captain Boycott, the rent collector for the Earl of Erne. The impoverished farmers conspire to banish him from the area. When Boycott learns of this, he tries to change his image by spending his entire fortune launching a newspaper promotion of his good points. It doesn't work and in desperation, he squanders the rest of his fortune on buying a race horse. He enters it in a big race and bets the rest of his fortune upon it. Unfortunately, just before it wins, the peasants spring to action, start a riot and successfully oust the cruel captain from their lands. It is from this situation that the English word "boycott" is derived.

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Captain Boycott

1947

Frank Launder