Granger went over to Rank, for whom he made a series of historical dramas: "Captain Boycott" (1947), set in Ireland, directed by Frank Launder; "Blanche Fury" (1948), with Valerie Hobson; and "Saraband for Dead Lovers" (1948), an Ealing Studios production. Granger was cast as the outsider, the handsome gambler Philip Christoph von Königsmarck who is perceived as 'not quite the ticket' by the established order, the Hanoverian court where the action is mostly set. Granger stated that this was one of his few movies of which he was proud. However it was a disappointment at the box office, as was "Blanche Fury".