CAPTAIN BOYCOTT

Original 10 inch x 8 inch Still for the 1947 Frank Launder Drama CAPTAIN BOYCOTT, based on the novel by Philip Rooney and starring Stewart Granger, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim, Kathleen Ryan, Mervyn Johns, Norl Purcell, Niall MacGinnis, Maureen Delany, Eddie Byrne, Liam Gaffney, Liam Redmond, Edward Lexy, Robert Donat and Bernadette O’Farrell.

During the period of Irish history known as the Land War, Irish tenant farmers were being squeezed dry by absentee English landlords. Some resorted to the gun to achieve justice, but others, inspired by the Irish statesman Charles Stewart Parnell (played in a cameo role by Robert Donat), shunned violence and adopted a form of passive resistance. The farmers are led by Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger), who, with the help of the local priest, Father McKeogh (Alastair Sim), encourages his fellow tenants to ostracize their land agent, the bombastic Captain Boycott (Cecil Parker). The resultant stand-off attracts international news coverage and will ultimately introduce a new word – to boycott – to the English language.

The still is in very good condition with a synopsis tacked to the reverse.