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Description
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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. [TMDb] The racing scenes where Captain Boycott rides Davlin's horse Corrib Lad in the Mayo Chase at Curran were filmed at Mullingar racecourse (1852-1967), a course where Arkle made his debut finishing 3rd in a bumper. Many locals took part as film extras in the brilliant racecourse sequences although some of the scenes were subsequently re-shot at Naas racecourse. Mullingar looked like a very quaint country course but sadly it is now the site of an industrial estate. (https://www.britishhorseracingmovies.uk/captain-boycott)
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