Based on real events, this historical drama is set in 19th-century Ireland, when poverty-stricken tenants dispossessed by greedy landowner Capt. Boycott (Cecil Parker) band together to assert their rights. Patriotic farmer Hugh Davin (Stewart Granger) leads the rebels. Choosing nonviolent resistance, the villagers ostracize their nemesis, who squanders his fortune to repair his ruined reputation and wagers what's left on a horse race.
Cast
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
Edward Lexy
Sgt. Dempsey
Robert Donat
Charles Stewart Parnell
Bernadette O'Farrell
Mrs. Fagan
Harry Webster
Robert Hogan
Eddie Golden
Harry Piggott
Harry Hutchinson
Shamus Moore
Maurice Denham
Lt. Col. Strickland
Phyllis Ryan
Bridget
Joe Linnane
Auctioneer
Ian Fleming
Times correspondent
Reginald Purdell
American reporter
Cavan Malone
Billy Killain
John Kelly
Sheriff
Anne Clery
Postmistress
Sheila Carty
Mary Creeg
Michael Ripper
Pat Nolan
Norrie Duff
Josie Egan
Harry A. Bailey
Bookmaker
Michael Brennan
Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
Jimmy Charters
Pub Patron (uncredited)
Lyn Evans
Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)
James Hayter
Music Hall Comic (uncredited)
Cyril Kent
Party Guest (uncredited)
Desmond Llewelyn
Gentleman on Train (uncredited)
Jack May
Carriage Driver (uncredited)
Kathleen Murphy
Fortune Teller (uncredited)
Pete Murray
Young Officer (uncredited)
Johnnie Schofield
British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
Bill Shine
Press Photographer
Thorley Walters
Army Officer (uncredited)
Jim Winters
Man at Bogside (uncredited)
Crew
Frank Launder
Director, Writer, Producer
Wolfgang Wilhelm
Writer
Philip Rooney
Novel
Thelma Connell
Editor
Norah Walsh
Assistant Editor
Wilkie Cooper
Director of Photography
Percy Hermes
Assistant Director
Sidney Gilliat
Producer
Bill Allan
Camera Operator
Oswald Morris
Camera Operator
Sophie Devine
Costume Design
John Gudenian
Costume Design
Betty Baugh
Hairstylist
Stuart Freeborn
Makeup Artist
Cecil R. Foster Kemp
Second Unit Director
William Hutchinson
Assistant Art Director
Charles Crafford
Sound Editor
Arthur Southgate
Sound Editor
Charles Knott
Sound Recordist
William Alwyn
Original Music Composer
Muir Mathieson
Music Director
Max Rosher
Still Photographer
Leslie Gilliat
Location Manager
Paddy Arnold
Continuity
E.M. Smedley-Aston
Production Manager
Edward Carrick
Art Direction
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