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.
as Hugh Davin
as Anne Killain
as Capt. Charles C. Boycott
as Watty Connell
as Father McKeogh
as Daniel McGinty
as Mark Killain
as Mrs. Davin
as Sean Kerin
as Michael Fagan
as Martin Egan
as Sgt. Dempsey
as Charles Stewart Parnell
as Mrs. Fagan
as Robert Hogan
as Harry Piggott
as Shamus Moore
as Lt. Col. Strickland
as Bridget
as Auctioneer
as Times correspondent
as American reporter
as Billy Killain
as Sheriff
as Postmistress
as Mary Creeg
as Pat Nolan
as Josie Egan
as Bookmaker
as Jim O'Rourke (uncredited)
as Pub Patron (uncredited)
as Yokel on Haystack (uncredited)
as Music Hall Comic (uncredited)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
as Gentleman on Train (uncredited)
as Carriage Driver (uncredited)
as Fortune Teller (uncredited)
as Young Officer (uncredited)
as British Soldier in Bar (uncredited)
as Press Photographer
as Army Officer (uncredited)
as Man at Bogside (uncredited)